Example sentences for: waged

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  • Pipes, in a book called Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From , pinpoints the Crusades of the 11 th century--the wars waged by Europe's Christians on the Muslims who controlled Palestine--as its first mass outbreak.

  • The development of Chicano Muralismo grew out of the political context of the Chicano civil rights movement, a nationalistic political struggle waged by Chicanos during the 1960s.

  • There are some oddities here, not the least of which is that the struggle over affirmative action is waged most vigorously over admissions to colleges and universities, and one hears less and less about important cases in the area of employment.

  • Post reported that Americans of Indian and Pakistani descent waged a proxy battle over U.S. foreign policy by funneling campaign contributions to the 1996 South Dakota Senate race between incumbent Larry Pressler, R-India, and challenger Tim Johnson, D-Pakistan. 3) House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt is returning $22,000 in campaign donations, mostly from Lippo-connected contributors.

  • Implicit--and sometimes explicit--in every story about Nixon's comeback has been the underlying story of his calculated efforts to come back: He authored foreign-policy books, wined and dined journalists, and waged court battles for control of the White House tapes.


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