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OFFENSIVE, adj. Generating disagreeable emotions or sensations, as the advance of an army against its enemy."Were the enemy's tactics offensive?" the king asked. "I should say so!" replied the unsuccessful general. "The blackguard wouldn't come out of his works!

after everything he has gone through, I feel the least the Army could do is perform surgery on his foot so that he can at least lead some type of normal life. He will never be able to snowboard, skydive or do the rock climbing again which are the things he loves to do.

Nowadays it has become more risky. They have listening devices stronger than the Lebanese Army. They have infiltrated everything.

During the interrogation, the terrorists provided the Iraqi army with the names and expected locations of their cell leaders. Today, the Iraqi army took action on that information and seized two higher-level terrorists.

Deby has a very small army on whose loyalty he cannot count, so the edge he has is the French.

Dean graduated from California two years ago and went into the Army, ... He's overseas now, and some of my other friends also have joined the military. My mother also got me interested by showing me pictures on the Internet of our soldiers and the conditions in which they are living in the Middle East. Their homes, in many cases, are in ditches and in the sand. I also learned that they really are in need of some of the basic day-to-day items most of us might take for granted, so I thought that would be the most useful thing to pursue.

A prolonged shut down of spare parts production potentially endangers Army readiness. There's no way Sikorsky can maintain a high rate of production without the Teamsters on the line.

As an English General has very truly said, 'The German army was stabbed in the back.'

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan , D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion.

This is the first major test of the new-found environmental ethic of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It should be a simple decision politically and scientifically.

The whole Army should earnestly learn from them,

This army is the best prepared and the most ready we've ever had,

They showed us quite a bit of stuff ... the insides of the Army and what's going on all around the world - in Iraq. Having seen their side of it, there's so much more going on than what you see on the news. It was pretty educational for us.

They've built a little over 30 schools, they're working with the coalition training the Iraqi army, they're doing border security, they're doing a little bit of everything. There's just a myriad of different tasks they're doing over there.

The Yugoslavs thought that they could wipe out the Kosovo Liberation Army in five to seven days. They have not succeeded in doing that,

The Yugoslav army and special police seem to be trying harder than ever to capture the remaining Kosovo Liberation Army strongholds and secure their lines of communication.

A master sergeant in the Army is in danger of losing his lavish lifestyle when a Pentagon official threatens to close Fort Baxter,

Also, some of the Army assets going into Macedonia and Albania likely would come from the reserves. There are specialties such as civil affairs that only exist in the reserves.

They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

They don't want to see a strong army because it won't allow these militia to operate.

This is the last MASH unit in the United States Army. We are excited that this MASH will live on in Pakistan.

They reached that point without army occupancy and it is important that they accomplished it themselves because the Iranians can say they did something great and did it on their own to future generations. It gives the country dignity.

There's a whole army of people looking after you to make sure that you're not in any kind of danger. I mean, even when you're up swinging off a wire, there's people there checking everything. Everything is double checked and triple checked before you go anywhere near it. I'm not one of those actors who gets any pleasure out of doing their own stunts.

There's a need for a neutral force to calm the population. The Congolese army is a nascent, fledgling force. MONUC fulfills the task.

All my friends were in the Army. Everyone wanted to do their part, and I had thought I could pull it off without anyone realizing I had a problem seeing in the dark, ... but it wasn't meant to be.

According to our information, and our information is good, many army and special police units remain in Kosovo, ... These units must be withdrawn immediately.

It's as close to the Swiss Army Knife of rewards cards as it gets. It all comes down to simple math.

It's a 24-hour operation. We've got a virtual army out there.

It was a suicide attack. The person was wearing an army uniform and was on a motorbike which he rammed into the convoy of the National Army officers.

It is regrettable that they kidnapped this great woman. This girl is not from the (Israeli) occupation army, to be kidnapped.

It's a project being run by the (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers to install new security systems at the dam. It (will) be open again soon.

For an old Army officer, it's like one last assignment.

It's one of the things that the Marines and the Army feel they're lacking right now, particularly the Marines, which have very few women in those roles.

It's more of a communications tool. It's tied to recruiting in that it's communicating what the Army is.

It's always a great rivalry game with Army-Navy and I think our guys showed a lot of heart on the road today. They showed a lot of different defenses and I think our guys did a good job executing.

It's great to celebrate, ... but at the same time, we need to remember that going to Army is a business trip.

David Beckham won't go to Newcastle after what the Toon Army did in Asia.

Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.

Consumers are unpaid conscripts in an unpaid army of product testers who go and find the problems and alert the manufacturers.

considered enlisting in the Army a rite of passage into manhood.

That probably overstates the impact, just think of the army of people pouring into that region, and you see people spreading out across the country and getting jobs; it won't continue, I don't think those bottlenecks and shortages will continue. The broader concern is we have crude oil over $60 a barrel, which is the price even before Katrina was named, and that will have long-term effects on the economy, and I think that's a distinction that should be made.

No army soldier has come here to help us, ... First we lost people in quake, and now we will die because of cold and hunger.

That is something the Congressman has been working on behind the scenes for some time now. What that means is that we can expand our army of talent reviewing this material, with the hope that some of this stuff will eventually be declassified.

It's certainly not my hope I'm replacing the irreplaceable Army. I've known him forever. He's a great, great guy.

It is the Serb army right now -- the Yugoslav national army -- that is ethnically cleansing whole sectors of Kosovo in the south, in a manner very much reminiscent of Bosnia. The question is, can we stand by and let it happen?

I wanted to know what was happening and what army life is like in Iraq.

Is this the day Matt will call and tell me he's coming home? Is this the day the Army will call and tell me he's dead?

They know what a red kettle means to people, ... People know that a Salvation Army kettle is a pretty safe donation place.

It was just a couple of Army tents then. We would just hook up a few lights, and that was it.

I want to join the U.S. Army or Air Force, but because of the language, I can't.

Once Validation Authority is fully deployed, more than 800,000 Army personnel will be able to use their Common Access Cards in compliance with the new DOD mandate to access department networks, communicate via e-mail and conduct other transactions with a substantially greater level of assurance.

After the 17th, the only thing left will be for them to fight with the army.

Server consolidation is the most obvious, long-standing use case, but virtualization is like a Swiss army knife. You can use it in a number of different situations.

so-called National Liberation Army, which has threatened civilians and deliberately puts civilians into jeopardy.

At the same time as the minister's vehicles were passing by, a group of Afghan National Army soldiers fired at each other over a dispute which they had from previous days,

The KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) is responding, but it's basically trying to get out of the way, to retreat to the hills and preserve itself. The bulk of the fighting is at the instigation of the Yugoslav forces.

The military, the army, still has extremely poor living conditions which will remain a risk as long as that is the case.

The failure by the DRC government to create a professional, truly unified army is contributing in a large measure to the continuing instability in the east and needlessly putting civilian lives at risk.

I joined the army 50 years ago, plus and served in combat cloths for close to 42 years.

I learned that it's hard to work in the Army. My dad wanted me to tell him that he's a big hero to my dad, because he helps us stay alive and stuff, so we can play and stuff. He fights all of the other countries that are bad.

I intervened from my sickbed to prevent interference in the affairs of the army in a change that appeared aimed at settling scores and retiring loyal and qualified people.

I'm sure John Walker is going to play great in his last Army-Navy game.

In conversations we had today with Army representatives, the Army confirmed to us that it did not award a $291 million contract ... to any single manufacturer,

In Bosnia, for instance, they play a crucial role in setting up these joint commissions that bring Army people and local people together to talk about governance issues, providing humanitarian aid.

In my 15 years here, last year was the slowest. It was during the week, the Army was abroad, the weather didn't cooperate. So it was all against us. But we hope to make for our losses.

In June 1967, it was the IDF that stormed forward and led the charge. Today, the IDF is the gatekeeper and the rearguard of the convoy. This is the way of the army; this is the way of the IDF,

In any place in the world, when the country is facing difficulties, beside the army, the people depended on the militias and the partisan groups.

I'm in no way stepping away from Mormonism as a center, as an anchoring element, ... God's Army.

Induction process of females in signals, electrical and mechanical engineering, inter services public relations, computer and legal branch of army would be completed by June 1.

If she's caught in a circular firing squad with her own army, you let that play out a little bit.

If you develop a foreign policy the way we see it, then we'll have an army that will intervene mainly to secure democracy in some countries, participating in international forces, going when there's a natural catastrophe, either inside Quebec or outside Quebec,

In the past, the army caused trouble. There is no such organized force today.

In terms of NEO (non-combatant evacuation operations), obviously if the Indonesian army performs its job then there shouldn't be need for an evacuation,

In the army of the workers there must be discipline; there must be comradeship, there must be unity; you are the officers of this army, you are the leaders.

I guess we still have 72 hours to pit them against Napoleon's Army, the Jedi Council and King Kong.

It has dominated the media, ... There is deep worry about the image of the British army and deep worry about the effect on Iraqi elections.

It has been suggested that you can trace the route of a modern army by looking at shell casings and used batteries.

Iraq's Sunnis perceive the 'national' army and police force as a Shiite-Kurdish militia on steroids.

I realized that the soldier plays a major role in building the army from the moment I started my service here.

How do we know it is really an Iraqi Army rather than a sectarian Army? If it is not an Iraqi army, that really is going to put a damper on the notion of our drawing down forces.

Hospitals are functioning and are well-supplied. Iraq has a new currency, the first battalion of a new army, representative local governments, and a governing council with an aggressive timetable for national sovereignty.

I can't think of another incident that has more tarnished the reputation of the United States Army,

I am not just unsatisfied, I am outraged by the course of reform in the army and the state of the military altogether,

I believe I should do the army and serve my country. I just need some peace of mind for a few years until my career is finished.

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens little if at all inferior to them in discipline and

I call upon the Mehdi Army to be calm because anything else will not be in the Iraqi people's interests,

Carrying out this plan allows not only for reinforcing KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) detachments, but also for carrying out a ground operation. NATO is currently preparing for such an operation,

He also has his hands still on the sinews of power in Serbia. He controls the army, he controls the police, including a very effective and brutal secret police network, ... He controls the media, and he controls the economy and finances.

gradually upgrade weapons and other equipment and improve the defense capabilities and combat effectiveness of the army under modern technical and especially high-tech conditions.

These guys were fearsome. They could deter anything but a minor army.

The ICC must also look into abuses committed by the Ugandan army. If the court finds that these crimes don't fall within its limited mandate, it should make its findings available to the Ugandan authorities so that they can bring the perpetrators to justice. In doing so, the court must also be mindful of the security and confidentiality of its sources.

The ICC must also look into abuses committed by the Ugandan army, ... If the court finds that these crimes don't fall within its limited mandate, it should make its findings available to the Ugandan authorities so that they can bring the perpetrators to justice. In doing so, the court must also be mindful of the security and confidentiality of its sources.

The election is not a tsunami where you need the help of an army to rescue people.

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, / Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

The Coast Guard has been studying this project for four years. The Army Corps of Engineers is also a cooperating agency. . . . Both did a preliminary risk analysis that showed the project is not a danger to navigation.

All the money came from his savings before he joined the army.

All sensible Army people turned gas warfare down as being utterly insane since, in view of your superiority in the air, it would not be long before it would bring the most terrible catastrophe upon German cities, which were completely unprotected.

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

The men who wrote the Constitution feared most a strong Executive with control of a standing army. Our Constitution is set up to protect all of us from tyranny.