In 1898, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution declaring war on Spain over Cuba.
Japan, Germany and Austria found themselves occupied after declaring war on the United States.
Microsoft is declaring war on Nintendo by slashing the price of its entry level Xbox 360 console.
"Declaring war on people who are savers and investors is not a positive agenda, " said Mr. Keating, a former Oklahoma governor.
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In the ensuing decade, Oregon pioneered tough land-use regulations, curbing industries that relied on forest products and declaring war on suburban sprawl.
He made a name for himself by ruthlessly stamping out police corruption and openly declaring war against the drug cartels in Tijuana, another border city.
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Only months later, in September, having already annexed Austria and overrun Czechoslovakia, Hitler invaded and conquered Poland, and France and Great Britain responded by declaring war on Germany.
And the Democrats were at it again last week: James Carville--the supposedly free-lance strategist who consults almost daily with the White House--announced he was declaring war on the Speaker.
Speaking about Mr Cable, Mr Clegg said the business secretary had recognised himself that he should not have made the remarks about "declaring war" on Rupert Murdoch to the undercover journalists.
"Laughter on the 23rd Floor" doesn't have much of a plot: NBC wants Max Prince (Philip Nolen) to dumb down his program in order to satisfy the small-town rubes, and he responds by declaring war on the network.
Next, legal challenges must be brought to force Congress to comply with their duties, responsibilities and limits under Article 1: Section 8 of the Constitution which appertain to raising and funding an army, maintain a navy, declaring war, calling forth the militia to suppress insurrections and repel invasions.
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Not to mention the fact that this move would be effectively declaring outright war on GameStop.
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But a Russian attempt to stop the war by declaring victory now would not work.
International pressure had been applied to Macedonia's leaders not to destabilise the region by declaring a state of war.
Declaring a state of war in Macedonia would need more than two-thirds majority approval -- or 81 of parliament's 120 deputies.
So in hindsight, New Zealand declaring surrender in the currency war is a tad too early.
Sworn enemies before Saturday's fight, Haye and Chisora finished the night exchanging pats, smiles and handshakes in front of photographers, before both publicly declaring a truce to their bitter war of words.
Vince Cable lost responsibility for that decision when his private views became public after he was recorded by an undercover reporter declaring that "'I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we're going to win".
In a debate on Europe in Westminster Hall, Conservative MP Edward Leigh warned against greater fiscal unity in the eurozone and compared agreements reached at EU summits to the return of former Neville Chamberlain to the UK declaring "peace in our time", the year before World War II began.
In addition, Carter was an early pusher of the green agenda, declaring that the energy crisis he helped bring about was the moral equivalent of war.
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Answering a question from the mother of a U.S. soldier concerned that the United States might go to war against Iran, Clinton defended her vote for a Senate resolution declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group.
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