The ideals changed during the struggle, but not the capacity for striving for them, and the men capable of the effort finally came to the front, and imposed their ideals on the rest by the force of their trained wills.

The principal purpose of the legislation was to engage in a global struggle for minds and wills, a phrase used by Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Amendments to the Act in 1972 and 1985 reflected the Cold War ’ s departure from the “ struggle for minds and wills ” ( a phrase used by both President Truman and President Eisenhower ) to a balance of power based on “ traditional diplomacy ” and counting missiles, bombers, and tanks.

This period lasted until almost the end of the 20th century, and is thought to be both an ideological and power struggle between the two superpowers.

Conflict broke out between the French and the indigenous islanders in November 1649 and fighting lasted for five years until 1654, when the last opposition to the French on Grenada was crushed-although the island continued for some time after to suffer raids by war canoe parties from St. Vincent, who had aided the local Grenadan islanders in their struggle and continued to oppose the French.

Portuguese decline in Asia was accelerated by the attacks on their commercial empire by the Dutch and the English, which began a global struggle over empire in Asia that lasted until the end of the Seven Years ' War in 1763.

These hostilities, developing into a struggle for hegemony in the Scandinavian and North German area, lasted for nearly three hundred years.

Frederick's supporters were defeated in this struggle by 1233, although it lasted longer in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and in the Holy Roman Empire.

One of the largest revolutions of the twentieth century, the struggle lasted for over four years and involved sporadic but bloody armed conflict, internal Indonesian political and communal upheavals, and two major international diplomatic interventions.

The Mexican Revolution () was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz, and lasted for the better part of a decade until around 1920.

While Iturbide's reign lasted less than a year, it was the result of and further defined the struggle between republican and traditional ideals, not only in Mexico, but also in Europe.

The struggle lasted about an hour ... the garrison lost only five or six men.

The struggle thereafter lasted for some years, as the main Roman forces were occupied with defeating the Parthians and had few additional resources to use to support Herod.

This struggle was waged throughout the Mediterranean and lasted many decades.

The Ōnin War ( 1467 – 1477 ) led to serious political fragmentation and obliteration of domains: a great struggle for land and power ensued among bushi chieftains and lasted until the mid-sixteenth century.

The struggle lasted until November 15 when Kong Le was dismissed as army chief and left the country.

Frederick's supporters were defeated in this struggle by 1233, although it lasted longer in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and in the Holy Roman Empire.

The struggle lasted through the early 670s.

There had been gains and losses on both sides, and the struggle lasted for many years.

Some storylines featuring a struggle against a single villain lasted for several consecutive issues, such as The Spider's four-part battle against The Living Pharaoh and his three-part battle against The Master and his Black Police.

The Terri Schiavo case () was a legal struggle involving prolonged life support in the United States that lasted from 1998 to 2005.

The ensuing struggle lasted more than two years, with Smith leveraging his opposition to the family planning money to prevent passage of the Clinton administration's high-priority efforts to reorganize the State Department, pay U. S. dues to the United Nations, and provide $ 18 billion for the International Monetary Fund.

:* The Mexican Revolution ( Spanish: Revolución mexicana ) was a major armed struggle, revolution, and civil war that started in 1910 and is generally considered to have lasted until 1920, although the country continued to have sporadic, but comparatively minor, outbreaks of warfare well into the 1920s.

After a struggle that lasted throughout most of 1995, Stone died from AIDS at the age of 19 and his death was followed by storylines in which 17 year old Robin had to deal with being HIV-positive as a result of her and Stone's relationship.

The Battle of Jieqiao halted the southern advance of Gongsun Zan but it was by no means decisive in the protracted struggle between Gongsun and Yuan which lasted until 199.

Atassi took no active part in the final struggle for independence but supported the Kuwatli regime, which lasted from 1943 to 1949.

The ensuing struggle lasted until 1497 when John renounced his claim.

His reign was marred by a constitutional struggle with the Aragonese nobles, which eventually culminated in the articles of the Union of Aragon-the so-called " Magna Carta of Aragon ", which devolved several key royal powers into the hands of lesser nobles.

They engaged in a bitter power struggle over several issues, such as who would control territories Serbia annexed in the Balkan Wars.

This rate is a small fraction of the millions killed in the Second Sudanese Civil War and Cambodian Civil War, for example, but excludes several highly publicized conflicts, such as The Troubles of Northern Ireland and the struggle of the African National Congress in Apartheid-era South Africa.

When asked to accede to the throne to fill the power vacuum that subsequently developed, Suiko became the first of what would be several examples in Japanese history where a woman was chosen to accede to the throne to avert a power struggle.

This focus on character and internal struggle continued into the 20th century, when criticism branched in several directions, discussed in context and interpretation below.

In addition, Tito was openly supportive of the Communist side in the Greek Civil War, while Stalin kept his distance, having agreed with Churchill not to pursue Soviet interests there, although he did support the Greek communist struggle politically, as demonstrated in several assemblies of the UN Security Council.

In Japan, during the Sengoku era from the fifteenth to 17th century, the great struggle for feudal supremacy was fought, in part, by coastal fleets of several hundred boats, including the atakebune.

The Chargers would see the team struggle in pass protection resulting in Humphries suffering several concussions and his retirement from the game.

Mahatma Gandhi outlined several rules for civil resisters ( or satyagrahi ) in the time when he was leading India in the struggle for Independence from the British Empire.

Somewhat naive concerning the complex power struggle between the papacy and the empire, Lothair also consented to several symbolic acts that were subsequently interpreted by Rome as signaling acceptance of papal confirmation of his position.

During the course of this struggle, several other brothers ( Boris, Gleb, and Svyatoslav ) were brutally murdered.

During the struggle between Francis I and Charles V great damage was caused by the passage of the armies invading Provence ; pestilence and famine raged in the city for several years.

On August 15, 1943, the Białystok Ghetto Uprising began, and several hundred Polish Jews and members of the Anti-Fascist Military Organisation () started an armed struggle against the German troops who were carrying out the planned liquidation of the ghetto with deportations to the Treblinka extermination camp.

Prominent among these texts is " The Contendings of Horus and Set ", a humorous retelling of several episodes of the struggle between the two deities, which dates to the Twentieth Dynasty ( c. 1190 – 1070 BC ).

Open City established several of the principles of neorealism, depicting clearly the struggle of normal Italian people to live from day to day under the extraordinary difficulties of the German occupation of Rome, consciously doing what they can to resist the occupation.

A struggle for power emerged among the new nations, and several further wars were soon fought thereafter.

The foreword to Maurice describes his struggle with his homosexuality, while he explored similar issues in several volumes of short stories.

Over several verses, Ovid depicts the inner struggle Myrrha faces between her sexual desire for her father and the social sanctions and shame she would face for sleeping with him.

The season became a struggle to overcome injuries ; He developed a case of tracheitis that forced him to miss several early season games and led the team to consider having him play wearing a surgical mask to protect against the cold air of the arena.

In July 2002, Somerset County again made worldwide news when nine coal miners were rescued from several hundred feet underground from the Quecreek mine after an intense multi-day struggle.

For several years before his death, he was involved in a political power struggle with other senior leaders in the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.

George would continue to struggle with his drug addiction for several years.

Instead, Bunter tackles him as he is trying to draw a gun at the end of the Duke's trial, and in the struggle, Grimethorpe receives a self-inflicted gunshot wound that incapacitates him in the hospital for several weeks.

As a result, several events connected with the struggle between Papacy and Empire took place in the city, including some of the most important political events in these two centuries.