Most important of all, the nature of most conflicts has changed over the past decade, from cold-war face-offs between well-supplied proxies to regional free-for-alls.
That is cold comfort in the face of a frightening and little-understood infection.
Mother was told to sprinkle cold water on my face, to no avail.
He hauled himself into the saddle, the mare moved beneath him, and he began to feel cold air on his face.
Next, she was to pour cold water over my face-still no success.
And they ignore the rapidly changing world around them, even in the face of cold, hard facts that clearly show the need to move in a new direction.
It was time to face the cold, hard reality that finding a buyer for the company was the only way to avoid bankruptcy assuming that the company could stay afloat in the meantime.
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America's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, recently cancelled a planned visit to Cairo, and Mr Mubarak was likely to face a cold reception during the annual trip to Washington he is expected to make in April.
Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of history -- the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down, but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up.
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He had let him die with that cold desperate expression in his face.
We forget to stay active, and the cold slaps us in the face and stamps on our fingers and toes.
Based on our quick demonstration, your face would get pretty cold after a few hours of running around maps in Quake 4.
It has not reorganized itself, and the old and decrepit former U.S.IA bureaucracy now under its control, to face the post-Cold War challenge.
Another hydrotherapy technique with a similar rationale is to soak the feet in a hot foot bath, as soon as possible after the stroke has occurred, while applying a cold compress to the neck, face and scalp.
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Speaking earlier, NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said the alliance had to shelve Cold War reflexes and be prepared to face a new war on global terrorism.
He said that the findings of fact need to be a "slap in the face, a bucket of cold water" to bring Microsoft to the negotiating table.
The advice that one Internet dating executive offers for the first face-to-face meeting sounds like a cold-war espionage manual: meet in public, drive yourself, let someone know where you will be.
The cold air of the November night stung his face compared with the inferno he had just walked out of.
Now they face the punishment of winter: winds, cold, rain and snow.
The Oklahoma City area, including Moore, could continue to face storms during the morning due to a strong cold front positioned through the state and a strong low-level jet stream "plowing into it from the south, " Van Dillen said.
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Unless you live in California, Hawaii or Florida or some fancy place like that, the ground is probably going to be squishy with cold mud, and someone in your family is going to fall down face-first and ruin his or her Thanksgiving outfit.
Even in the face of a Great Depression, a World War, a Cold War, recessions, oil shocks, inflation and unemployment, Congress never sought to require the purchase of wheat or war bonds, force a higher savings rate or greater consumption of American goods, or require every American to purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle.
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He had this black cold sore at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes had sunk into his face like little pits.
Mr Rogerson said he had a scarf over his face during the incident because a tooth filling had dropped out and the "cold air was getting in".
Despite some critics' concerns that this poignant film didn't portray John Nash 's real-life experiences honestly enough, there is no denying the artful manner in which Howard spins a tale that morphs from cold war drama to love story and then into everybody's favorite liet-motif: Triumph in the face of adversity.
On the face of it, these contrasting US and Russian announcements seem to signal that geopolitics have reverted to the Cold War model of two superpowers competing for global power by, among other things, assisting their proxies in fighting one another.
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