- First Phase
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- Nov 07, 2020
War Quotes
War, remembered and reckoned with.
This topic pairs literary observation, such as a novelist's take on the social fabric depicted in a sprawling Tolstoy epic, with hard historical fact about the 1962 border conflict between China and India. Readers interested in broader historical context can visit History.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're already in a trade war with China. The problem is we've not been fighting back. Trump, through tariffs, wants to call a truce.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first 'Bad Company' was a kind of reaction to the Vietnam war - or at least a reaction to how Vietnam had entered the cultural life through films and books.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any team that has Shade as their leader is bound to have a pretty directionless quality. But when Cyborg asks Shade to gather the Secret Seven together and help him stop the war between Wonder Woman and Aquaman, Shade agrees - albeit reluctantly.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cities tend to be representations of societies: diversity and inequality find their extremes in urban settings. Yet, when war is added onto pre-existing inequalities, high levels of poverty, or even disaster, urban fragility increases exponentially, making it harder to absorb the shocks of warfare.
- Generously
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year, we ask our donors to dig deeper. And every year, they gladly, generously comply. It is now up to us to find ways and means to forestall the day when they cannot - or will not. Or the consequences for people in war zones could be disastrous.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole essence of humanitarian work and the Geneva Convention is that neutral, impartial organisations can operate during war.
- Illusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ICRC did not see Nazi Germany for what it was. Instead, the organization maintained the illusion that the Third Reich was a 'regular partner,' a state that occasionally violates laws, not unlike any army during World War II, occasionally using illegal means and methods of warfare.
- Crumble
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a war correspondent. I've watched great people crumble under pressure and make bad decisions.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a war correspondent and journalist for a long time, and I was very near the towers on 9/11 and very shortly after in Afghanistan.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't accept losing as a team, wouldn't accept losing as my team. It's like a war every practice. I think it helped us a lot.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020