Word: georgias
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that requires political leadership, which in much of Europe is lacking. Yes, Britain still sees itself as having a global role; so does France, whose President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been active on issues from the Georgia war of 2008 to the consequences of a nuclear Iran. But the E.U.'s largest state is absent from most such debates. For the last half of the 20th century, Germany was at the heart of the European experiment. But since the end of the Cold War, it has stepped back from the E.U., regularly taking a different path when Europe attempted a unified...
...billion - the first deal of its kind between a NATO member and Moscow. It's turning heads for other reasons too. A Russian admiral recently said the amphibious vessels - which can carry 15 helicopters or 70 armored vehicles - would have allowed Russia to complete its August 2008 invasion of Georgia in a matter of hours. Little wonder, then, that the deal has prompted deep concern among American defense officials as well as among European Union members like Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, which fear that the warships could one day be used against former Soviet satellites like themselves...
...Iran's nuclear program, Medvedev responded tepidly, saying, "We will concentrate all efforts on finding political and diplomatic solutions," which he added had "not been exhausted yet." For his part, Sarkozy noted during the visit that Russia has still not fulfilled the conditions of its 2008 cease-fire with Georgia. (See pictures of the Russians in Ossetia...
...experiences in film. “Film is so complicated… it’s hard to know what to do,” said Louie about getting into film. She had an interest in film and the arts from childhood and even directed a play involving Georgia S. Lee ’98 (later director of the film “Red Doors”) during her time at Harvard, but took no courses focusing specifically on film. While in New York City, she applied to be a production assistant on an NYU student film...
JHFH: Kieran had the Panasonic HVX camera that we used, and most of the light and sound equipment we got from Georgia State University for free. We were lucky enough to find both professional and nonprofessional actors who were willing to work for free. For one of the scenes we had to have food for the whole family, but we didn’t have enough money to go out and buy a five-person meal. So we went and bought five frozen TV dinners, and we were on such a tight schedule that we didn’t have...