The more time that has elapsed since the last civil war, the less likely it is that a conflict will recur.

Rogers ' last years were devoted to applying his theories in situations of political oppression and national social conflict, traveling worldwide to do so.

The last military conflict with Peru occurred in 1995, during the Cenepa War, in which both sides claimed to be fighting inside their own territory until the signing of a ceasefire and the eventual separation of forces.

The reign of Alfonso XIII ( 1886 – 1931 ) saw the Spanish-American War of 1898, culminating in the loss of the Philippines plus Spain's last colonies in the Americas, Cuba and Puerto Rico ; the " Great War " in Europe ( now known as World War I, 1914 – 1918 ), although Spain maintained neutrality throughout the conflict ; the influenza pandemic nicknamed the Spanish Flu ( 1918 – 1919 ); and the Rif War in Morocco ( 1920 – 1926 ).

In December, the last of the 86 city trolley buses came to a halt because of the conflict.

The same year, Schwitters suffered his first epileptic seizure, a condition that would exempt him from military service in World War I until the last stages of the conflict, when conscription began to be applied to a far wider section of the population.

Lake Erie was the last of the Great Lakes to be explored by Europeans, since the Iroquois who occupied the Niagara River area were in conflict with the French, and they did not allow explorers or traders to pass through.

In World War I, in the last year of the conflict, the Germans developed the Bergmann MP 18, a small, hand-held automatic weapon with a ' rifle-like ' form ( including a wooden stock ).

Against the backdrop of the historical sufferings of the Nepalese people and the enormous human cost of the last ten years of violent conflict, the MOU, which proposes a peaceful transition through an elected constituent assembly, created an acceptable formula for a united movement for democracy.

During the last half of the 4th century BC, the time of Pytheas ' voyage, Massaliotes were presumably free to operate as they pleased ; there is, at least, no evidence of conflict with Carthage in any of the sources that touch on the voyage.

Calixtus II devoted his last few years to re-establishing Papal control over the Campagna and establishing the primacy of his See of Vienne over the See of Arles, an ancient conflict.

He explained that he wanted ten years to pass between The Bride's last conflict, in order to give her and her daughter a period of peace.

Apart from small riots, this was the last armed conflict on Swiss territory.

Henry responded by forming a net of alliances with the western counties of France against Louis, resulting in a regional conflict that would last throughout Stephen's early life.

However, during the Vietnam War, the last conflict to produce U. S. fighter aces, the one USAF pilot, the two USAF navigators / weapon systems officers ( who were later retrained as USAF pilots ), the one USN Naval Aviator and the one USN Naval Flight Officer / radar intercept officer to achieve this distinction were eventually awarded the Air Force Cross and Navy Cross, respectively, in addition to Silver Stars previously awarded for earlier aerial kills.

The last decade of the conflict saw clear signs of Spain weakening.

The conflict would last thirteen years and become known as the Guerra Grande ( the Great War ).

The conflict would last thirteen years and become known as the " Guerra Grande " ( the " Great War ").

A government that is unable to obtain supply can be dismissed by the Governor-General: however, this is generally considered a last resort and is a highly controversial decision to take, given the conflict between the traditional concept of confidence as derived from the lower house and the ability of the Senate to block supply.

Although fighting in the Iberian Peninsula continued, the War of the Fifth Coalition was the last major conflict on the European continent until the French invasion of Russia in 1812 sparked the Sixth Coalition.

This set the stage for the last conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the restoration of the French monarchy for the second time and the permanent exile of Napoleon to the distant island of Saint Helena, where he died in May 1821.

* February 16 – First English Civil War – The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought.

Early Muslim chronicler Ibn Ishaq tells of a pre-Islamic conflict between the last Yemenite king of the Himyarite Kingdom and the residents of Yathrib.

This last estimate may conflict with the fossil record depending on whether the genus Kayentachelys, whose fossils date to around, is the earliest known member of Cryptodira or lies outside the least inclusive clade containing Cryptodira and Pleurodira.

On December 3, 2007, shortly after Patrick received the last of those payments, Mayor Daley's City Hall press secretary, Jacquelyn Heard said Patrick Daley “ has no financial interest with the Wi-Fi contract at O ’ Hare .” "... he conflict of interest was blatant ," the Chicago Sun-Times editorialized.

In fact, they've fallen short of it but -- difficult as it is for me to understand -- a modern sophist might say that these last years have actually demanded a reduction in conscience and feeling in the name of greater intelligibility.

In the last days of 1948, a ceasefire was agreed under UN auspices, but since the plebiscite demanded by the UN was never conducted, relations between India and Pakistan soured, and eventually led to two more wars over Kashmir in 1965 and 1999.

In the last couple of decades, many parents in the region have demanded and obtained French education for their children, but this would be Standard French education and does not represent a continuation of the old dialect per se.

The last path was the correlation of knowledge and social values ; the antipositivism and verstehen sociology of Max Weber firmly demanded on this distinction.

And we felt that we had freedom at last, or freedom to at least show that we demanded freedom.

After the death of Henry II ( 3 July 1024 ), Stephen broke with the German alliance, because the new Holy Roman Emperor, Conrad II claimed supremacy over the Kingdom of Hungary, while Stephen demanded the Duchy of Bavaria for his son Emeric who was the nearest relative of the deceased Emperor Henry II ( who himself had been the last male descendant of the old dukes of Bavaria ).

) in a last attempt to save his wife, but she was not to be swayed, and demanded Sarah give up her Gold Key ( the symbol of her office ) within two days, warning, " I will talk of no other business till I have the key.

Internationally, Ireland is the gateway to the Atlantic ; Ireland is the last outpost of Europe towards the West ; Ireland is the point upon which great trade routes between East and West converge ; her independence is demanded by the Freedom of the Seas ; her great harbours must be open to all nations, instead of being the monopoly of England.

For the last time Batu demanded that Bela have the Cumans returned and warned " It is much easier for the Cumans to escape than it is for you ... you dwell in houses and have fixed towns and fortresses, so how will you escape me ".

When Castro demanded that Fremont leave Alta California, Fremont rode to Gavilan Peak, raised a US flag and vowed to fight to the last man to defend it.

The eccentric director of their last movie, Hal Weidmann ( Walken ), has demanded that the first viewing of the film be at a press junket although no one has seen it.

This was a precondition demanded by several Czech political parties after the last experience, but long opposed by Klaus ' Civic Democratic Party which had strengthened since 2003, already had the safe majority in the Senate even by itself and needed only to secure a few votes in the House for the third round.

One party seeing that in spite of the changes in the last sixty years of all political institutions the position of the people had not been improved, demanded a reform of society itself, the abolition of the privileged position of property, the only obstacle to equality, and as an emblem hoisted the red flag ( the 1791 red flag was, however, the symbol not merely of the French Revolution, but rather of martial law and of order < ref name = Ozouf > Mona Ozouf, < span lang =" fr ">" Liberté, égalité, fraternité "</ span >, in < span lang =" fr "> Lieux de Mémoire </ span > ( dir.

The British demanded immediate surrender, but Stonington ’ s citizens replied with a note that stated, " We shall defend the place to the last extremity ; should it be destroyed, we shall perish in its ruins.

And when debtors have succedd in arranging with their creditors, hundreds are detained in prison for chamber-rent and other unjust demands put forward by their gaolers, so that at last, in their despair, many are driven to commit suicide ... gaolers should be paid a fixed salary and forbidden, under pain of instant dismissal, to accept bribe, fee or reward of any kind ... law of imprisonment for debts influicts a greater loss on the country, in the way of wasted power and energies, than do monasteries and nunneries in foreign lands, and among Roman-Catholic peoples ... Holland, the most unpolite country in the world, uses debors with mildness and malefactors with rigour ; England, on the other hand, shows mercy to murderers and robbers, but of poor debtors impossibilities are demanded ...

Winterton was one of the few MPs to ask a question at Tony Blair's last Prime Minister's Questions: he demanded a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty to the groans, roars, and chuckles of the House.

Rome now demanded that the Achaean League, the last stronghold of Greek independence, be dissolved.

However, the Soviet censors demanded that Maxim's last name would be changed to something more Germanic ( this was part of the censor's efforts to steer the novel away from its originally anti-Soviet undertones ).

Men had Mr. which gave no indication of their marital status since the formal address term " master " for an unmarried man had fallen largely into disuse ; etiquette and business practices demanded that women use either Miss or Mrs. Many women did not want to be defined by their marital status and, for a growing number of women who kept their last name after marriage, neither Miss nor Mrs. was a correct title in front of that name.

Quebec sovereigntists have, since 1982, demanded that the Queen or another member of the Canadian Royal Family apologize for the enactment of the Constitution Act, 1982, calling the event a part of a " cultural genocide of francophones in North America over the last 400 years.

Serbia submitted to the first 2 of 3 cases of the ultimatum ; the last one, which was rejected, demanded Serbia allow 100, 000 Austrio-Hungarian troops to occupy their country.

Roman mattresses were stuffed with reeds, hay, wool or feathers ; the last was used towards the end of the Republic, when custom demanded luxury.

When a big story broke at the last minute, a polished ready-to-air show was reorganized: the entire menu was shifted as events demanded.

At the last moment, Baron von Steuben demanded that he receive the sword.