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military next orders outlook remains sales tent unchanged until year
Our outlook for military tent sales this year and next remains unchanged until we have orders in hand, Helen Johnson
military war army
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This is an enduring civil war between the Shia, the Sunni, and the Kurds. So I don't think we've got any options and we'd be ill-advised to start bombing where we really can't sort out the combatants or understand where the civilian population is. Barry McCaffrey
military sight balance
For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance. B. H. Liddell Hart
military lying cutting
The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.
military decision battle
[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy.
military enemy purpose
In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.
military men stupidity
No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.
military balance usual
The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential condition of such a strategy is that the drain on him should be disproportionately greater than on oneself.
military taken order
While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.
rising-up thank-god world
Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world. Bonnie Raitt
rising-up water thought-provoking
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck. Chinua Achebe
rising-up evil agitation
Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil. Martin Luther King, Jr.
rising-up joy looks
It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn't say it back. I just looked at him and let him look at me until he nodded, lips pursed and turned away, placing the side of his head against the window. John Green
rising-up ego cobras
In everything we do, the serpent ego is rising up. Swami Vivekananda
people reasonable
Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.
people
Real people are never central characters in my works. Stephanie Laurens
people simplicity
Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.
people regular
Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can. Jyoti Amge
people policy
Our policy is to let our people know first.
people safe talk
Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.
people searching
Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
people
Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know? Joel Edgerton
people therapies
Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.