Francis tried to combat the disposition of some of the Japanese that a God who had created everything, including evil, could not be good.

It is perceived both as an embodiment of evil as well as a protective force which counters evil, such as a dervish's powers to combat evil.

Generally however, most Sandinistas associated Sandino on a more practical level, as a heroic and honest person who tried to combat the evil forces of imperialist national and international governments that existed in Nicaragua's history.

Their goal was simple: combat evil and create an orderly universe.

The only thing that can defeat him is the Master Sword, a sword forged to combat evil.

:" the urgent duty of each of their Governments vigorously to combat the evil of apartheid by withholding any form of support for, and by taking every practical step to discourage contact or competition by their nationals with sporting organisations, teams or sportsmen from South Africa or from any other country where sports are organised on the basis of race, colour or ethnic origin.

In order for the shamans to combat whatever evil forces may be threatening, or for those who rely on the shamans for protection, it is necessary for the shamans to transform and cross over to the spirit realm.

He was disappointed that he was not assigned to combat duty in World War I, feeling that " the soldier who had had no share in this last great victory of good over evil would be ruined.

* A 1990 episode of Tiny Toon Adventures titled " Buster and the Wolverine " featured Elmyra Duff providing narration for a story where Buster Bunny and his friends, represented with musical instruments, combat an evil " wolverine ".

Some examples include the Bard ( a cross between the Thief and Mage with an emphasis on interpersonal skills, mental and visual spells, and supportive magical abilities ), or the Paladin ( a cross between the Fighter and Cleric with slightly decreased combat skills but various innate abilities that are used to heal or protect allies and repel and / or smite evil opponents ).

The overarching story of the book is that of a satirical theodicy, questioning why human beings suffer from evil and pain, and exploring the ingenuity with which we combat those conditions.

Now his only chance to stop the forces of evil from succeeding is to use a small combat spacecraft on a last-ditch mission to destroy the Xandrillian Empire's home planet called Metallycha.

This makes it an enchanted item that can be wielded in combat as a + 3 mace, with the added feature that it warns the wielder of any evil alignment creature of at least five Hit Dice that has come within 30 feet of them.

* Vulturo: Dr. Vult is an evil scientist who made a vulture-like costume to combat Birdman.

The evil that remained within the axe also takes partial possession of the wielder's mind, warping its personality and making it murderously aggressive, overpowering its rationality with a lust for combat, vengeance, and bloodshed.

It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace.

He despises combat, but realizes it is a necessary evil to survive in the world.

The Manhunters were the first attempt of the Guardians of the Universe to create an interstellar police force that would combat evil all over the cosmos.

In 1371DR-The Year of the Unstrung Harp ( 1 year previously to the start of the 3rd edition campaign )- there has been growing divisions between the Harpers who wished to further the cause of Balance ( neutral-aligned ) and those who wished to combat evil ( good-aligned ).

Battle evil alien robots through multiple levels across the solar system and combat your foes in one of three distinct game play modes: Ace on foot as a soldier, Runt as the driver of an armored tank, or Abby as the pilot of a spaceship.

Juspion had his own giant robot, Daileon, to combat the evil creatures.

In response she intervenes in his next combat, first in the form of an eel who trips him, then as a wolf who stampedes cattle across the ford, and finally as a white, red-eared heifer leading the stampede, just as she had warned in their previous encounter.

During the incident with Lore and the renegade Borg, she was left in command of the Enterprise, during which she engaged the Borg ship in combat.

In her battle with demonic puppet master, Mokkurkalfi she states that she dislikes machines whose prime directive is meaningless combat, and that a true mechanic must value the sanctity of his or her mecha's life.

Goodspeed's confidence, already shaky as he received only minimal training in combat, is further tested when his fiancee Carla reveals that she is pregnant.

While at the University of Maryland, she hosted a call-in radio show where she gave advice on how to combat men.

There, she was defeated in psionic combat by Professor Xavier, and regained control.

At one point Isis attempts to harpoon Set as he is locked in combat with her son, but she strikes Horus instead, who then cuts off her head in a fit of rage.

As Shang prevents Shan Yu from assassinating the Emperor, Mulan lures the Hun onto the roof where she engages him in single combat.

As Shang prevents Shan Yu from assassinating the Emperor, Mulan lures the Hun onto the roof where she engages him in single combat.

She is adept at designing mechanised weapons, but also appreciates the nobility of what she describes as more ' primitive ' combat.

But the bronze-tipped javelin and the sword called her to combat and slay the wild beasts of the field ; and in truth many a day she gave of peaceful quiet to her father ’ s cattle.

Due to Arthur's intervention in the ensuing feud, the lady Creiddylad is returned to her father and an arrangement ( a dihenydd, or " fate ") is made that forces the adversaries to engage in single combat for the object of their love every May Day — while she is destined to remain with her father, unmarried — until a final battle on Judgement Day, which will determine who keeps her forever.

He fights Aífe in single combat, and the two are evenly matched, but Cú Chulainn distracts her by calling out that Aífe's horses and chariot, the things she values most in the world, have fallen off a cliff, and seizes her.

The woman reveals herself as the Morrígan, and in revenge for this slight she attacks him in various animal forms while he is engaged in combat against Lóch mac Mofemis.

Called the " Sekhmet's Light Trilogy ", the series tells of Dr. Nicole Salem and how she becomes the avatar of Sekhmet, gifted with superhuman abilities so that she can combat the forces of Apep in the mortal world.

This allows her to take part in the battle in the direct-to-DVD special, in which she uses her own weapon as well as Rei's ( who is in the hospital ) in combat.

As Minister of Transport ( 23 December 1965 – 6 April 1968 ), she introduced the breathalyser to combat the then recently acknowledged crisis of drink-driving, and also made permanent the 70 mph speed limit.

Recognizing his uniform as that of the enemy, she immediately attacks, initially throwing pots and pans at him and eventually engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

He wondered where the superstition had originated that it was bad luck for a crew chief to watch his plane take off on a combat mission.

By 1783 her legions had managed to annex the Crimea amid scenes of wanton cruelty and now, in this second combat with the Crescent, were aiming at suzerainty over all of the Black Sea's northern shoreline.

Somehow he had forgotten what he must have been told, that combat was an intermittent activity.

The Air Force / Air Defense Forces had 8, 000 personnel and 90 combat capable aircraft, including 22 fighters, 59 fighter ground attack aircraft and 16 attack helicopters.

The ostensible reason was a report by XI Corps commander Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard that Doubleday's corps broke first, causing the entire Union line to collapse, but Meade also had a long history of disdain for Doubleday's combat effectiveness, dating back to South Mountain.

However, according to Josephus, in Antiquities, Book 7, Chapter 1, Joab had forgiven Abner for the death of his brother, Asahel, the reason being that Abner had slain Asahel honorably in combat after he had first warned Asahel and had no other choice but to kill him out of self defense.

Partly in response to the Sharpeville incident of 1960, individual members of the ANC found it necessary to consider violence to combat what passive protest had failed to quell.

NATO announced that its forces had suffered zero combat deaths, and two deaths from an Apache helicopter crash.

In 1990, Bulgaria had a total of more than 2, 400 tanks, 2, 000 armored vehicles, 2, 500 large caliber artillery systems, 300 fighter and bomber aircraft, 100 trainer aircraft, more than 40 combat and 40 transport helicopters, 4 submarine, 6 fast missile craft, 2 frigates, 5 corvettes, 6 torpedo boats, 9 patrol craft, 30 minesweepers and 21 transport vessels.

Franklin remained in combat, but Blanquet had suffered a severe head wound and Captain Gillet had been carried below unconscious with severe wounds.

By 03: 00, after more than three hours of close quarter combat, Majestic had lost its main and mizzen masts while Tonnant was a dismasted hulk.

The Athenians had honed their style of fighting in combat with other phalanxes, wooden shields smashing against wooden shields, iron spear tips clattering against breastplates of bronze ... in those first terrible seconds of collision, there was nothing but a pulverizing crash of metal into flesh and bone ; then the rolling of the Athenian tide over men wearing, at most, quilted jerkins for protection, and armed, perhaps, with nothing more than bows or slings.

During this campaign, the Navy had awarded 69 BSMs, and the Army with 5, 000 troops in neighboring Albania ( considered part of the combat zone ) awarded none.

The government made three unsuccessful attempts to enter into negotiations with the insurgents, but by 1974, the CPK were operating openly as divisions, and some of the NVA combat forces had moved into South Vietnam.

While early initiatives in the Colombian peace process gave reason for optimism, the Pastrana administration also has had to combat high unemployment and other economic problems, such as the fiscal deficit and the impact of global financial instability on Colombia.

On February 23, 1918, VCheKa sent a radio telegram to all Soviets with a petition to immediately organize emergency commissions to combat counter-revolution, sabotage and speculation, if such commissions had not been yet organized.

On December 9, 1918, the collegiate ( or presidium ) of VCheKa had decided to form a military section, headed by M. S. Kedrov, to combat counterrevolution in the Army.

In World War II rivals who had combat service in the first great war ( led by Gen. Bernard Montgomery ) sought to denigrate Eisenhower for his previous lack of combat duty, despite his stateside experience establishing a camp, completely equipped, for thousands of troops, and developing a full combat training schedule.

The Allies had been amply resupplied by the United States, which also had fresh armies ready for combat, but the UK and France were too war-weary to contemplate an invasion of Germany with its unknown consequences.