Had the situation been reversed, had, for instance, England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New England, there is little doubt that large numbers of Southerners would have happily put on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain.

Even so, it adds up to impossible odds, except that the question arises, On whose side would the Mainland Chinese army fight??

Noticing Russell's horse in front of the long log building, he assumed his friend had slipped inside and would be able to put up a good fight, so he began working his way down the ditch to join him.

I was told that it is quite likely that Japanese soldiers would not fight again -- for why should they??

The next morning he summoned a group of top Democrats to his private office and broke the news: he would lead the fight to oust Colmer, whom he is said to regard as `` an inferior man ''.

The Belgians would not fight for the privilege of being the detested pedagogue ; ;

If, say, the Russians intended to stop Tom Jones' going to the pub, then Tom Jones would fight the Commies.

He decides to stay in the city and continue to help fight the plague, saying that he would feel ashamed of himself if he pursued a merely private happiness.

The need to provide the units that would fight alongside the tank led to the development of the wide range of AFVs that exist today, with most armies having vehicles to carry infantry, artillery and anti-aircraft weaponry by the end of World War II.

The Pals battalions were a peculiarity of the 1914-18 war: Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War, believed that it would help recruitment if friends and work-mates from the same town were able to join up and fight together.

But the saint would laugh at them scornfully and say, " If any of you have any authority over me, only one would have been sufficient to fight me.

Borland, under Kahn's leadership took a position of principle and announced that they would defend against Lotus ' legal position and " fight for programmer's rights ".

In exchange for it, Odin ordered her to make two kings, each served by twenty kings, fight forever unless some christened men so brave would dare to enter the battle and slay them.

If Bragi's mother is Frigg, then Frigg is somewhat dismissive of Bragi in the Lokasenna in stanza 27 when Frigg complains that if she had a son in Ægir's hall as brave as Baldr then Loki would have to fight for his life.

Each would follow the orders from their officers and fight as a single unit instead of individuals.

: When, after the action had thus occurred, his own men returned to each general, Scipio could adopt no fixed plan of proceeding, except that he should form his measures from the plans and undertakings of the enemy: and Hannibal, uncertain whether he should pursue the march he had commenced into Italy, or fight with the Roman army which had first presented itself, the arrival of ambassadors from the Boii, and of a petty prince called Magalus, diverted from an immediate engagement ; who, declaring that they would be the guides of his journey and the companions of his dangers, gave it as their opinion, that Italy ought to be attacked with the entire force of the war, his strength having been nowhere previously impaired.

Though initially a source of pride, many blacks feared the use of African as an identity would be a hindrance to their fight for full citizenship in the US.

Gaddafi was the first head of state to recognize the new regime, and he also signed treaties of friendship and cooperation on various levels ; but regarding the Aouzou Strip Déby followed his predecessor, declaring that if necessary he would fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands.

In February to March 1979, China and Vietnam would fight the brief Sino-Vietnamese War over the issue.

According to one historical account, aboriginal tribes of Australia were " most certainly cannibals ", and would willingly eat anyone who was killed in a fight ; they would also eat men famed for their fighting ability who had died natural deaths "... out of pity and consideration for the body ".

In little time, in 1890, the recently proclaimed Brazilian Republic decreed the prohibition of capoeira in the whole country, as things were pretty chaotic in the Brazilian capital and many police reports would demonstrate that capoeira was an undeserved advantage in a fight.

After the prohibition, any citizen caught practicing capoeira, in a fight or for any other reason, would be arrested, tortured and often mutilated by the police.

He pointed out the switch to me and for a moment I foolishly believed that he would let deed follow words.

Though I doubted that he would understand me, I told the director my motives for applying.

At one and the same time, she was within it but still searching for the drawbridge that would give her entry.

She could not scream, for even if a sound could take shape within her parched mouth, who would hear, who would listen??

It poured out of him like an electric current, a feeling that the muscles and nerves of his fine-drawn body were coiling for action, and that that action would be all that he anticipated.

Somehow more terrible than the certainty that he was about to die was the knowledge that Lord would probably not suffer for it: the murder would go unpunished.

Yet long before the scheduled time for return, Donovan would be watching for every speck in the sky.

Forced to realize that this was the end of a very short line I scanned a road marker and discovered what the end of a slightly longer line would be for the old Mexican: Moriarty, New Mexico.

How lightly her `` eventshah-leh '' passed into the crannies where I was storing dialect material for some vaguely dreamed opus, and how the word would echo.

She'd driven around for a while, Joyce said, then, thinking Louis Thor would have calmed down by that time, she'd gone back to his home on Bryn Mawr Drive, parked in front, and walked toward the pool.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

A card to Walter would get him an introduction to this Meredith, and that might be good for something.

They thought it would be a chance for you to make a life out where nobody will be thought any better than the next except for just what's inside of them.

It was spoiled now for seed, and it would sour and mold in three days if they failed to find a place and fuel to dry it.

Now we peered anxiously for any speck of land in the Pacific, for this interminable bailing would have to stop soon.

We spoke of the need for advertising, and I agreed that the deep dive would be most useful for publicity.

The marine was alone, for they were impatient people and by now would have vied to knock him from the tree.

Once and for all he'd finish this marine who would not die.

When she would do these things, he would turn blind for an instant and become sick at his stomach.