| 单词 | mercenary |
| 例句 | He felt a discomfort in his very bones, as if they contracted so that they might struggle out of the mercenary peel of flesh and walk abroad. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was as though the mercenary felt that here finally were black people he could like. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A gloom had settled over the place, and the haggling was mercenary, sharp-tongued, and often shouted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mostly I saw monsters, but there were some human mercenaries in combat fatigues and demigods in armor, too. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Teeth bared, he clawed wildly at the mercenary’s eyes with his free hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “These boys are no mercenaries, look at them.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The scribe’s stare was intense, but the mercenary didn’t seem to notice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We see from experience that only princes and republics armed with their own troops make very great progress, and that mercenaries cause nothing but damage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I was riding with one of the mercenaries, absently peeling the bark from a willow switch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Just a moment, Bast,” Kvothe said as he tried to catch the stupefied mercenary’s attention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It struck the mercenary in the mouth and shattered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well,” cried Elizabeth, “have it as you choose. He shall be mercenary, and she shall be foolish.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Cain grunted and pressed Renault’s blade, forcing the mercenary to take a step back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Since you cannot be unarmed, you will have to turn to mercenary soldiers, who have the characteristics explained above. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I may be mercenary, but I hate poverty, and don’t mean to bear it a minute longer than I can help. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Touch this rope and I’ll gut you,” she warned the mercenary, and readied herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “But my dear Elizabeth,” she added, “what sort of girl is Miss King? I should be sorry to think our friend mercenary.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z There was a moment of perfect quiet, then the mercenary made a deep, wet, coughing sound and vomited up a foul fluid, thick as pitch and black as ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They would need mercenaries, so officers recruited men from militias made up of squatters from Kentucky. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z At least five different organizations had sent soldiers-for-hire into the city, including Israeli mercenaries from a firm called Instinctive Shooting International. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Later, it would be said, they turned into the band of swords- women who were a mercenary army. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard watched him walk away, a straight-backed courtier, and thought how different he was from the mercenary. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The others were as choice a lot of mercenaries as ever graced a dungeon, each uglier than the last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After slowly looking over everyone sitting at the bar, the mercenary moved to the empty space between Chronicler and Old Cob. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The two mercenaries turned and raised eyebrows at each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The smith’s prentice grabbed the bar with both hands and brought it down across the mercenary’s back like a man splitting wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary drew a deep breath through his nose, and his glassy sunken eyes came into sudden, sharp focus. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A mercenary is a soldier for hire, who is not loyal to any particular government, group, or ideology. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The armies of France, therefore, have been mixed, partly mercenaries and partly her own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Still holding the broken tip of the sword in his bloody hand, the mercenary took another step toward Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary reached up and curiously touched the handle of the knife lodged in his own neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kvothe gave his best innkeeper’s smile as the mercenary leaned heavily against the bar and mumbled something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In short, with mercenaries the greatest danger is their reluctance to fight; with auxiliaries, their military virtue. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Yet this Lord Furnival had fought in France or had been off to mercenary wars for so many years that most villagers, including myself, had never set eyes on him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Maybe passersby would think he was a member of the French Foreign Legion or some heroic mercenary. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z One of these mercenaries, responsible to no one, had shot Zeitoun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He swung the broken sword wildly, knocking the hand away and notching it deep into the meat of the mercenary’s arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rachel I could only despise more if I knew for sure which way to direct my ire, presumably South Africa, where I guess she’s finally hit paydirt with her exceeding whiteness and mercenary husband. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The three mercenaries looked ready to boil someone alive, and then there were the two shackled murderers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Still clinging to the mercenary, Bast’s eyes grew wide with sudden panic as he saw the smith’s prentice approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Chronicler was looking the mercenary over, eyeing the man’s armor, the empty quiver of arrows, his fine blue linen shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Veterans of the Indian campaigns earned generous mercenary coin for their expertise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Greek mercenaries, of course, expected to be paid in coin, not sheaves of wheat. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The only sound was the faint grating of the mercenary’s finger bones grinding against the bare edges of the blade. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary came to his feet, blood flowing freely down the left-hand side of his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had been advised to have massages, but I never liked them: I hate to be touched by mercenary hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a step back, Chronicler regained his composure and leveled the sword at the mercenary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Face grim, the farmer stepped close behind the mercenary and stabbed down hard, driving the whole of the short blade deep into the mercenary’s body where the shoulder meets the neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Peck had accumulated a personal mythology that included Indian wars, gold mining, and mercenary executions, and was known to carry a derringer pistol in a hidden shoulder holster. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Looking Chronicler full in the face, the mercenary twisted his hand sharply and the sword broke with a sound like a shattered bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If someone were to reply that anyone who bears arms will act in this manner, mercenary or not, I would answer that armies have to be commanded either by a prince or by a republic. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But not considering such troops reliable, he turned to mercenary forces, judging them to be less dangerous, and he hired the Orsini and the Vitelli. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Greed, delusional visions of grandeur, the mercenary mercilessness that made every relationship expendable—Midland perfected all these long before they became the standard of the eighties around the rest of the country. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Chronicler stared dumbly at the ruined weapon the mercenary took a step forward and laid his empty hand lightly on the scribe’s shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One’s own soldiers are those composed either of subjects or of citizens or your own dependants; all others are either mercenaries or auxiliaries. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Mamma and Papa were many things, but they weren't mercenary. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z If a prince holds on to his state by means of mercenary armies, he will never be stable or secure. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she tried a child’s story, which she could easily have disposed of if she had not been mercenary enough to demand filthy lucre for it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere deep in that crowd was a South African mercenary pilot who owned a radio. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A lone mercenary was never reassuring, even in the best of times. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that the difference between an unemployed mercenary and a highwayman was mostly one of timing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Someone suggested that mercenaries be sent over to the Howard barn to forcibly haul Smith into the office. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was writing about Commando Special Forces, how popular and revered they were by civilians, but his dislike of their commander, a German mercenary, made his words stiff. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I say, then, that the armies with which a prince defends his state are made up of his own troops, or mercenaries, or auxiliaries, or of mixed troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, moving so quickly it was little more than a twitch, the mercenary brought the piece of metal back around, burying it in the farmer’s chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Percy was a mercenary who fought in the Dutch war for independence from Spain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary’s eyes rested momentarily on the innkeeper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary let go of Kvothe and laid both hands on the arm that circled his neck, trying to twist away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If one looks for the first signs of the downfall of the Roman Empire it will be found to have begun with the hiring of the Goths as mercenaries. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Finally the mercenary’s gaze came to rest on the red-haired man behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’s a knight, a mercenary, or an assassin, depending on the game. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When the mercenary made no reply, he added, “None of us would blame you if you wanted to catch a bit of sleep first, either. It looks like you’ve had a rough couple days.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I fling my scim to the sky, watching with mercenary satisfaction as Helene’s eyes flick up to follow the weapon’s path. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One of the men told the chief that the only way we could possess such foreign cassettes was either by having looted them or if we were mercenaries. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then Bast was there, barreling into the mercenary with one shoulder, striking him with such force that the man’s body shattered one of the heavy barstools before slamming into the mahogany bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It occurs to me that, just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary’s bloody face went white, and he bared his teeth as he stared up at his conqueror. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A professional army would also be less expensive than using mercenaries. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The colonial government retaliated by sending a force led by a mercenary named John Mason to Mystic River, where Pequots were living in two forts. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Instead of collapsing, the mercenary spun around and lashed Shep across the face with the jagged edge of the sword. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “She heard it on Axelroot’s radio. She says he’s a mercenary killer working for the Americans.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning, the mercenary saw the tall boy charging. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the iron bar struck him, the mercenary’s smile fell away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The boy swung the iron rod again, striking the mercenary squarely in the ribs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I heard she was a mercenary for one of the West Side gangs,” said Tree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Finally the boy landed a blow to the head and the mercenary went limp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What’s more, it was obvious this mercenary had fallen on hard times. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Anyone, therefore, who wishes to be unable to win should make use of these soldiers, for they are much more dangerous than mercenary troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “You see, lad, I’m what you call a mercenary,” said Tam Lin in the lilting voice Matt had come to love. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary on the gargoyle below only had time to lean into the wall as she slammed onto the creature’s head, gripping its horns to steady herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Bast managed to get one arm around the mercenary’s neck while the other raked at the man’s face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Fifteen feet below her pipe, a mercenary was clutching the horns of a gargoyle as he set about fastening his rope around its head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now I know Mother will shake her head, and the girls say, “Oh, the mercenary little wretch!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z This would require little effort to demonstrate, since the present ruin of Italy is caused by nothing other than its having relied on mercenary troops for a period of many years. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The man stepped into the light and the farmers’ excitement was smothered by the sight of the piecemeal leather armor and heavy sword that marked a mercenary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Quick as a blink, Bast grabbed the mercenary’s head with both hands and slammed it into the edge of the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary had already tied one end of his climbing rope around the gargoyle’s neck; now she seized it and tied the other around her own waist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Chaol shook his head, looking at Grave, and at Renault—the mercenary from Skull’s Bay, who, to her satisfaction, also seemed fairly miserable in the cold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Besides, Day wasn’t a mercenary in any of his past crimes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Before the mercenary could get a grip on Kvothe’s arm, he staggered as Bast tackled him from behind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary reached across the bar, catching hold of Kvothe’s sleeve. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bast made a frantic, covert gesture from where he stood near the door, but Kvothe was busy trying to catch the mercenary’s eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So instead of risking her life and making major money as a mercenary, she slowed heartbeats, eased breathing, relaxed muscles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On either side of him stood two armed security guys, some of the mortal mercenaries I'd seen in D.C. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In this case, criminals and thugs essentially act as mercenaries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z If all the Blackwater mercenaries were carrying at least two guns each, that would mean hundreds of 9mm Heckler and Koch sidearms, hundreds of M-16 rifles and M-4 machine guns. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Sympathizers and mercenary captains smuggled fugitives into the city ports. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The mercenary looked up, his eyes meeting Kvothe’s then sweeping back and forth behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Plenty of Martials roam the south as merchants, mercenaries, and craftsmen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Still the mercenary continued to claw his way toward the door, shrieking and moaning, sounding more animal than human. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were almost overcome by their own mercenary soldiers after the first war with the Romans, even though the Carthaginians had their own citizens as officers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary looked at the point of the sword where it swayed unsteadily in front of his chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mercenary looked down at the heavy, notched blade, his forehead furrowing in confusion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Armies combined together in such a fashion are much better than a purely auxiliary force or a purely mercenary army, but are greatly inferior to one’s own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z This man, as I said, having been named by the Syracusans commander of their armies, immediately realized that mercenary forces were useless, since their condottieri were men like our Italian condottieri. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z An example from antiquity of the use of mercenary troops is the Carthaginians. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The mercenary stared vaguely at Chronicler, but made no attempt to stop him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How fitting, I thought, that the villain had found a position as a mercenary soldier, paid to protect Claudius and fight his battles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z These forces did, on occasion, help some to get ahead, and they appeared courageous in combat with other mercenaries. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z When nothing was forthcoming from the mercenary, he looked around at the other men at the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Eventually, Heinrich set off to try his luck as a mercenary again and disappeared from his family altogether. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “I hate to be so mercenary, but the price of flour has gone up too.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Paid subordinates! What! you are my paid subordinate, are you? Oh yes, I had forgotten the salary! Well then, on that mercenary ground, will you agree to let me hector a little?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When the mercenary’s hands touched him, Bast’s face became a tight mask of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As the farmer lay gasping and bleeding on the floor, the mercenary’s attention seemed to wander, as if he had forgotten what he was doing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She could have stepped in front of a truck, drowned in a puddle, been seized by a mercenary with foulness on his mind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The priest took the mercenary’s remains off to the church. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The faceless bounty hunter didn't have many lines, but he instantly became the epitome of "Star Wars" cool, a competent mercenary who would do any job that needs doing, no questions asked. Original Boba Fett designer criticizes Disney’s take on the character 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z This highlander with a taste for French finery is, in fact, one of those charismatic rogues we simply can’t resist, like that foppish Caribbean pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow, or the cocky galactic mercenary Han Solo. Review | Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ is not just an adventure tale, it’s a timely novel about politics and dissent 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The frustrations of bureaucracy and the justice system are plumbed in depth, including the way hope of punitive damages can feed mercenary instincts. Anna Paquin shines in Margaret 2011-09-29T06:20:00Z Carlos is always revealing the side of him that fits the place and works for him in that moment, whether the spoiled but charming rich kid or the ruthless mercenary.” A Sweeping Tale of a Terrorist and His Time 2010-10-09T17:04:00Z It focuses on groundskeeper whose life is turned upside down by mercenaries. Yahoo, Liquid set to publish motion comics 2012-06-20T15:27:09Z Ballard imagines a balmy London that's mostly submerged, infested with giant alligators and traversed by mercenary scuba divers who plunder the city's museums and cathedrals. Writers imagined drowned worlds for centuries — what they tell us about the future 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s a mercenary operation, now staffed by mercenaries — ex-military correctional officers who see themselves as an occupying force. Season 4 of ‘Orange Is the New Black’: It’s About Time 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The trauma has turned the Greek legend, he of the famed "12 Labors," into a rootless mercenary, exchanging his fighting skills for sacks of gold. Dwayne Johnson's 'Hercules' packs action-filled punch 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z But he admits, somewhat guiltily, that the motivation behind shooting in the city was, at first, mercenary. Q&A: Albuquerque’s Role on ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-06T15:54:03Z For four days, I buzzed through Venice’s back streets and charged over its bridges like a mercenary, fueled by countless shots of espresso. 3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “So they were all arrested when they got to the dock in New Orleans, and their mercenary adventure was cut off.” While cruising, learn more by tapping the power of plugged-in local guides 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In case you’ve forgotten, the original show with Mr. T and George Peppard was about four military commandos turned outlaw mercenaries. | 'The A-Team': Joe Carnahan Turns an Old TV Show Into a Movie 2010-06-10T22:44:00Z He teaches kids that they’re constantly under surveillance, and to behave for strictly mercenary reasons. Santa’s little voyeur 2012-12-10T15:37:00Z His classmates — needless to say, Hitler Youth — morph into 17th-century mercenaries. Review: An Anti-Nazi Protest in the Guise of Opera 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z They also capture the mercenary instincts of the teenage Taylor. Taylor Swift’s Diary Entries Are a Must-Read Companion to ‘Lover’ 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z And that's the point: to blur the line between desire and its more mercenary manifestations. 'Elles' examines sex as a commodity 2012-05-03T20:20:06Z Park throws everything he’s got at the screen: nefarious secret organizations, potty-mouthed mercenaries, a thoughtful scientist in a wheelchair, surprise twin siblings and, of course, gallons of blood and an elevated body count. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z This was a reference to the most famous collection of mercenaries in the Free Cities. This Unexpected 'Game of Thrones' Character Could Ruin Cersei's Master Plan 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Underneath it all is the assumption, with a weary shrug, that Melania's marriage was more a mercenary act than a romance, which renders it a pathetic sham, without any honor to besmirch. Sympathy for Melania? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Or is he purely mercenary and out to exploit Vince as his meal ticket? ArtsBeat: 'Friday Night Lights' Watch: Heavily Involved Parents 2011-05-28T03:59:55Z Ryan Reynolds, who plays the sarcastic mercenary, appeared on last night’s talk show in conjunction with the release of official trailer of Deadpool. Watch Deadpool Massage Conan O'Brien With Panda Tears 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Finally–and I’m sure there are other changes I’m skipping–it looks like Tyrion is coming to Dany by much different and faster means than his journey by barge and mercenary company. Recap: Game of Thrones Watch: The Royal Housewives of King's Landing 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The latest is Sam Smith’s “Diamonds,” a denunciation of a mercenary partner that starts as a lament but gradually takes on a 4/4 disco thump and busily scrubbing rhythm guitar. Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper’s Wholesome Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Ivan finds his footing only to mix it up with an assortment of predatory preachers, mercenary record producers, corrupt cops and miscellaneous hustlers. ‘The Harder They Come’: A Pop Classic That Has Hardly Faded 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Special Forces liaison, a cynical mercenary and a conflicted Colombian soldier. Review | In ‘Missionaries,’ Phil Klay paints a grim picture of Colombia’s drug war 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z But the other fantasy here is perversely quotidian: It’s about getting a job, one of 12 available, from cook to alchemist to tailor to mercenary. In Fantasy Life and Other Games, Jobs and To-Do Lists 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Marvel humour is at its most studenty and self-aware in this movie about the mutant mercenary assassin who first emerged on screen as a cameo in X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009. The 20 best Marvel films – ranked! 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Here, though, Williams is basically an elevated sidekick as well as a physician, war veteran and crack shot who’s as proficient at suturing wounds with insects as he is mowing down swaths of white mercenaries. Review: A ‘Tarzan’ With a Few Twists in the Hollywood Vine 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z But one pro-government blogger published a post on the “new hero of the counterrevolution,” accusing him of being a U.S.-backed mercenary. Imprisonment of Cuban 'art-ivist' sparks charges of censorship 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z But by limiting herself to fewer than 10 meticulously worked paintings, she also makes this art palace look less mercenary than usual. 18 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z She expected to become the biographer of the Irish born soldier Mike Hoare, nicknamed Mad Mike, who led several mercenary groups in the Congo crisis of the 1960s and the Seychelles in the 1970s. Irish author Bree O'Mara killed in Libya plane crash 2010-05-13T12:36:00Z Rutger Hauer’s character leads a group of mercenaries who claim a divine mandate, but the encroaching plague proves impervious to superstition. 5 Things to Do This Thanksgiving Weekend 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Cuban state media, which rarely mention dissident groups except to accuse the dissidents of being "mercenaries" hired by Washington, have not reported any arrests, and the accounts could not be independently confirmed. Cuban singer Milanes blasts attacks on dissidents 2011-08-31T00:31:05Z This book’s Manhattan stories are more mercenary than the earlier ones, not least because the Bellevue’s management decided to renovate the place and double its prices. Books of The Times: ‘Heads in Beds,’ a Memoir by Jacob Tomsky 2012-11-05T22:51:47Z I adored the novel, but my reasons for taking it on as a screenplay were fundamentally mercenary. How to avoid writing an awful screenplay 2013-04-22T22:05:00Z The film tells the tale of a group of immortal mercenaries whose ability to regenerate after death has made them powerful weapons across time. Finally, a major Hollywood franchise movie with a gay romance | Benjamin Lee 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z A delicious byproduct for mercenary onlookers, of course, was that we could see how everyone ranked once the money was on the table. Gender balancing the books 2013-06-08T07:00:00Z For those who don't have the time, the site's correspondent describes this quintet of monstrosities as: "A Dirty Dozen-style mercenary team of hyper-smart dinosaurs in body armour killing drug dealers and rescuing kidnapped children." Jurassic Park IV: something has survived (and it seems to be half human) 2012-10-12T16:01:56Z But I was painted as this mercenary creature by the press when all I wanted was equality. Diana Rigg: ‘Becoming a sex symbol overnight shocked me’ 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z I accompanied her a few times to her appointments: moral support, yes, but also something more mercenary. What do writers owe their subjects? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z A papyrus from 1,400 B.C., for instance, shows that Mycenaean mercenaries fought on Egypt’s side against Libyan invaders. Review | From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar: how Egypt influenced Greece and Rome 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z If the film’s mercenary politicians and racist villains reflect the headlines, its dystopian premise warns of what’s to come if tyranny goes unchecked. Here’s What We Would Nominate for Best Picture 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Of the large cast of immigrants, he said to an editor: "They're so strident and unappealing you start rooting for the mercenaries." Cleopatra and Heaven's Gate: the last of the great Hollywood stinkers? 2013-07-19T13:00:00Z But the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan accelerated the transformation of mercenaries "from covert and infamous to acceptable and indispensable," Hagedorn writes. 'The Invisible Soldiers' warns of private security forces' rise 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z And so, instead of heading north, she will enlist the support of the show’s own mercenaries and masters of the universe at the Iron Bank to bankroll her bonkers betrayal. Game of Thrones: has this flawed, spectacular show become too big to fail? 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Having lost their parents in a village purge, the adult H & G roam the countryside as mercenary missionaries, killing witches for vengeance and profit. A Punkster Hansel & Gretel: That Witch Does Not Kill Us 2013-01-25T21:25:50Z Through it all, Paul Giamatti spits bilious fury as a ruthless king with a mile-wide mean streak and an army of Danish mercenaries. 'Ironclad': Paul Giamatti leads a fine cast into bloody battle 2011-07-07T19:25:07Z He should train up a citizen army rather than relying on paid mercenaries. The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z In the 1940s and into the Cold War a decade later, Warbucks fought the Communist conspiracy, sometimes using his own mercenaries to go beyond what the government was willing to do, Heer says. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z If that sounds mercenary, it doesn’t come out in the film: it’s the most basically good-natured of Aardman’s films, with only gentle sparring between the enterprising Shaun and officious dog Bitzer. Aardman's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z We wouldn’t be those people bound to travel halfway across the country for awkward gatherings and forced photos, upholding meaningless, mercenary gift exchanges. Peace on Earth — and at home for the holidays 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Personally, I have a mercenary attitude toward the candidates I support for President. The Morning After: With New Sex Allegations, The Cain Trainwreck Adds Another Car 2011-11-29T14:17:49Z The Cordoba Caper" tells the story of a team of elite, highly-trained mercenaries hired to defeat General Garza, a rogue army general of a small Latin American country," the lawsuit said. Stallone sued, accused of stealing screenplay 2011-10-25T17:27:03Z Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner: the most mercenary wedding question of the year — and a sample of the tit-for-tat thinking that gives weddings a bad name. Social Q?s: Questions and Answers on Wedding Etiquette 2010-06-24T21:09:00Z A freelance mercenary, he is dispatched by a military biotech company called Red Leaf to fly from Paris to Hobart, Australia, on a secret mission to find a Tasmanian tiger, after rumors of sightings. Movie Review: ?The Hunter,? an Australian Odyssey With Willem Dafoe 2012-04-05T22:10:03Z Vengefulness may turn some spurned women into mercenary old boots. Is it OK to sell love letters? 2012-12-15T18:04:01Z Stallone and his cast of fellow action stars flex substantial ensemble muscle in this high-energy battle between good mercenaries and bad mercenaries. The Expendables: Old-timers wheel out the one-liners 2010-08-16T15:36:00Z They are happy to buy politicians from either party, as long as their mercenary interests are protected. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘The Campaign,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 2012-08-10T03:56:14Z Here, Schweikart is just mercenary enough, the perfect mix of aggression, condescension and oily charm. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The “truth” that Anders and Ganz reveal is contained in footage of the atrocities committed by Russian troops and mercenaries during their invasion, which the correspondents shoot and store on a digital memory card. | '5 Days of War': More Than One Kind of Deadline 2011-08-18T22:42:32Z In Sense and Sensibility, another mercenary young woman, Lucy Steele, talking of Edward Ferrars, tells Elinor Dashwood: "I have always been used to a very small income, and could struggle with any poverty for him." Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Soon he’s joined by two sets of rival mercenaries who want to collect the bounty on his lawbreaking hide. ‘Riddick’: A leaner, meaner sequel comes into view 2013-09-05T17:12:39Z He possessed the mercenary instinct of the artist and sought not to capture the Irish language but to mine it for his English sentences. Voyages: My Debt to Ireland 2012-02-10T20:35:10Z The mercenary, ruffian crew Marsac recruits for assistance is clearly not to be trusted. Review | Flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities: ‘A Gentleman of France’ is a classic adventure tale 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The French cinema, with its historic array of boldly original filmmakers, was long equally balanced by mercenary producers who dealt cavalierly with those artists’ works. What to Stream this Weekend: Director’s Cuts 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z She recently returned from a three-week cruise around New Zealand to research another book about Matthew’s nephew, the beloved soldier and mercenary Gallowglass. All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z In the other, we had the Mountain, a giant mercenary who apparently kills prisoners for his morning workout and doesn’t even know or care who he’s preparing to fight. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Mountain Meets Viper 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Krasinski had not planned to write or direct a sequel, and he feared that viewers would dismiss such a project as mercenary. John Krasinski and the Tense Wait for ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Her portraits of reporters as lying, self-promoting mercenaries are served up with a leaden hand and quickly devolve into an exercise in vituperation. Books of The Times: Lionel Shriver?s ?New Republic? Has Echoes of Sept. 11 2012-03-26T22:37:24Z “It began in this very mercenary place,” he said, “but it moved to a place of genuine artistic interest.” For a Scientist Turned Novelist, an Experiment Pays Off 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Only the title story deals with a cultural facet familiar to a British audience, namely the mercenary Gurkhas; but Parajuly ignores their fabled ferocity, examining instead what their post-imperial limbo means to their families. The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z Key’s lyrics flattered Americans by suggesting the U.S. troops had expelled the British mercenaries and the freed slaves from American soil. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z Naturally, this mercenary scheme is complicated by one monkey wrench after another, as told in Morrow’s Victorian-inflected voice. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Less genuinely wicked than seriously mercenary, this Stepmother can’t help but steal the show. Review: In ‘Cinderella,’ Disney Polishes Its Glass Slippers 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In September 1936, Franco’s Moroccan mercenaries drove Republican forces out of Toledo. Beauty amid the horror of war 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z More than any other actress I’ve seen in the part, Ms. Harris makes it clear that Mrs. Lovett is ruled by selfishness and mercenary instincts. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Collective aspiration and the kind of mercenary will that might move things along belong, in the universe of “Hung,” to the women in Ray’s immediate orbit. Television: Thomas Jane on ?Hung,? Symbol of the Recession 2010-08-05T22:03:00Z “The guy whose idea to save the Middle East was to reconstitute the mercenary armies of old — saddle up, Hessians, we’re going in — that guy finds your ideas absurd — How does that taste?,” Jon Stewart nearly packs up his bags after learning the latest Donald Trump news 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The argument is that outside producers are taking advantage of a platform that was created to shield theater from sheer mercenary concerns. Perspective | With three new musicals this fall, D.C. is reasserting its status as a premier Broadway tryout town 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Soon the mercenaries looked alike, no matter where they came from. Cold War Puck: The Beauties of Russian Hockey 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z We then skip forward 5,000 years to modern-day Kahndaq, a poor yet futuristic country that, for generations, has been under siege by various mercenary groups. ‘Black Adam’ Review: Heroism, but Paint It Black 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “The mercenary ‘mammas’ trot out their daughters on exhibition, as though they were so many stud of horses, to be hawked to the highest bidder. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Kornreich said her “instinct was to do the commercially reasonable thing,” suggesting that, since Sony has an undeniable mercenary stake in Kesha’s continued success, it is likely acting in her best interest. The Pain of Denying Kesha Her Audience 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Just as a team of mercenary soldiers appears to "debrief" her unit, Odelle manages to download the files to a thumb drive, which will become one of the more mobile MacGuffins in television history. 'American Odyssey' a clever and exciting conspiracy thriller 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Look, it was one of those few mercenary moments in my life where they’re paying a million dollars a day so I just said “OK.” Steven Seagal: ‘I like to go after murderers, bank robbers, rapists, kidnappers’ 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z And after surviving the adventures of “RED,” these comfortably recognizable agents and mercenaries are now doubly experienced and casual. Movie Review: In ‘RED 2,’ Retired Special Ops Agents Can’t Relax 2013-07-18T23:58:16Z The idea is that the creatures will be relocated to a sanctuary, but due to some double-crossing and murder, the dinosaurs come up for sale at an underground auction of creepy millionaires and well-funded mercenaries. "Jurassic World: Dominion” is not a movie. It's a museum 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Den of Geek points out that 4-LOM was first introduced in "The Empire Strikes Back" as "one of the mercenaries hired by Darth Vader to hunt down Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon." From Darth Vader to an insectoid bounty hunter, here are 7 teases in the "Obi-Wan Kenobi" trailer 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Directed by and starring Stallone, the action romp about mercenaries aiming to overthrow a dictator raised its total to $64.9 million. Stallone's 'Expendables' retains crown with $16.5M 2010-08-22T17:13:00Z Mr. Gardley underscores how the mercenary interests of the white landowners subverted attempts to help the black population reach safety. | 'On the Levee': Tamping Down a Flood at the Duke on 42nd Street 2010-06-29T02:37:00Z Broadly, and with exceptions, the musical surfeit speaks to impulses that are both utopian and mercenary. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Ramirez's Carlos is an alarming hybrid of revolutionary guerrillero, brutal assassin, playboy, unscrupulous mercenary and charmer with an almost magnetic charisma. 'Carlos' screens at Cannes Film Festival 2010-05-21T15:33:00Z The opera’s pair of young officers dress up here not as the libretto’s Albanians but as the African mercenaries known as Dubats. Review: Mozart Reimagined in a Violent, Racist World 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Compared with Chania, whose pursuit of tourist euros seemed mercenary, Iraklion felt like a real place, a workaday city with a robust cafe society and palm-tree-lined public squares surrounding Turkish and Venetian fountains. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Glen Cook's series is about an elite team of mercenaries caught up in a power battle in a fantastic landscape. 6 Fantasy Series That Could Become the Next 'Game of Thrones' 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The defeats were many, but he always came back, often accompanied by British mercenaries. Bolívar by Marie Arana – review 2013-06-15T15:00:01Z Cut off from the rest of the country, threatened by corrupt politicians and ruthless American mercenaries, a harmonious, indigenous community bands together to preserve their identity and protect what’s theirs. From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The idea was to make an old-fashioned action movie about soldiers of fortune, “back when ‘mercenary’ wasn’t such a dirty word” because of private contractors’ dealings in Iraq, Mr. Iwanyk said. Stallone?s ?Expendables? Brings Back Action All-Stars 2010-06-28T21:54:00Z It is called “Bashi-Bazouk,” a Turkish name for certain mercenary soldiers of the time. Critic?s Notebook: Metropolitan Museum of Art?s New Guidebook 2012-04-12T22:29:38Z Paul, a former mercenary soldier, is a clamped-down loner suicidally nursing at least two big secrets. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z So you had a lot of restless mercenaries around, who knew the coastline like the back of their hands. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Miami During the Cocaine Boom 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Contrary to popular belief, Border Patrol agents are not just crime fighting, drug curtailing, mercenaries who ruthlessly stop anyone trying to cross their border. John Oliver takes the Border Patrol to task 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Her guardians carry out mercenary missions to support themselves, and her dissent often wrangles them into doing the right thing and taking time to care about other strangers surviving under the Empire. Omega is the MVP of "The Bad Batch," a Star Wars clone who's destined to be different 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Passion and pathos as in, say, “La Traviata,” another opera in which long-separated lovers with messy romantic and mercenary issues meet again just in time for one of them to die? Music: Franz Schreker?s Opera ?Der Ferne Klang? at Bard 2010-07-25T01:32:00Z Naipaul, who traveled a lot, was clear about what he liked about hotels: “the temporariness, the mercenary services, the absence of responsibility, the anonymity, the scope for complaint.” Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In the 17th century, Swiss mercenaries who’d spend too much time wandering the world became depressed, lost weight, even took their own lives. Make “Ghostbusters” great again? Reboot culture, male rage and the pathology of nostalgia 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Although the pirates’ goals are strictly mercenary, you can almost imagine that humiliating this smug capitalist is their real intention. Movie Review: ‘A Hijacking,’ a Modern Piracy Drama, Unfolds at Sea 2013-06-20T22:51:37Z He noted that Deadpool’s love for Spider-Man was developed after his time writing the mercenary, but that it’s something he enjoys playing with. In 'Spider-Man / Deadpool,' Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness unite Marvel's super smart alecks 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z All the fuss began with what was a desperate and somewhat mercenary move by Ms. Hawkins to reinvent herself as a suspense writer. Paula Hawkins’s Journey to ‘The Girl on the Train’ 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Having turned up unexpectedly at the end of Fast and Furious 6 to take revenge for his brother’s hospitalisation, Statham’s dapper mercenary Deckard Shaw nonchalantly sabotaged Vin Diesel’s heroic crew throughout the next instalment. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Instead of the wisecracking, fourth-wall-breaking mercenary they expected, they got something else entirely. Comic-Con: Five big movie moments, from Bill Murray to 'Star Wars' 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z But the tranquillity is disrupted by a skirmish between Georgian soldiers and Chechen mercenaries fighting for the Russian-backed Abkhazian separatists. Review: ‘Tangerines’ Is a Tale of War and Honor 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z When writing about a posse of mercenaries sitting around a fire in the southwest in “Blood Meridian,” he set the scene: No, Cormac McCarthy Isn’t on Twitter. Don’t Be Fooled by the Check Mark. 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z It’s easy to conclude that Beat culture, like other countercultures that followed, has been co-opted by a mercenary society — easy and a bit facile. The Beats’ Countercultural Ferment Still Bubbles, in Paris 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The three appear in the same room when Willis, playing a CIA man, pitches the Latin American mission to both Stallone and rival mercenary Schwarzenegger. "The Expendables": Death of the old-school action hero 2010-08-13T11:01:00Z A mercenary hangs up her sword and opens a coffee shop. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s a cruel, mercenary strategy, but the movie is selling uplift, not a lesson in 21st-century rapacious capitalism, so their duplicity is delivered with sniffles, smiles and hollow rationalizations. Review: Lots of Plastic in the Face of ‘Collateral Beauty’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The tech industry is notorious for its relentless, mercenary, and sometimes merciless desire to push forward. The Rare Humanism Behind Paul Allen’s Technological Vision 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The suspicion is always that actors take such projects for mercenary reasons. Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z While Raz is again playing a retired warrior lured back into action — this time a former mercenary rather than a former military officer — there are tonal differences. What if ‘Fauda’ Moved to New York? 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The movie features such action stars as Jet Li and Jason Statham - along with cameos from Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger - in a tale of mercenaries aiming to overthrow a dictator. 'Expendables' seizes top box office spot with $35M 2010-08-15T20:31:00Z Hemsworth plays the mercenary Tyler Rake, dispatched to Dhaka to rescue a crime kingpin’s kidnapped son. Stunt star turned Extraction director Sam Hargrave: 'Charlize Theron is the bravest actor I know' 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z "Being a mercenary in the form of a manager centred me in a position which I didn't want any part of." McLaren's Soweto 2010-04-26T13:06:00Z Abbie knows he’s a mercenary, but she wants his help finding the girl. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: A hex on her house 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. McCullin says he resists the label “war photographer,” which, to him, is “like being called a mercenary.” Review: ‘McCullin’ Captures a Photojournalist’s View of Covering the World 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z It also represents a collision of the beautiful and the mercenary. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Does something about regionally associated music suggest unscrupulous, mercenary qualities to the filmmakers? ‘Trolls World Tour’ Review: Can’t Hog the Mic 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z While taking mercenary gigs and evading the Empire, they learn to be devout guardians to her. Omega is the MVP of "The Bad Batch," a Star Wars clone who's destined to be different 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The promotional video features a discussion about real-life mercenaries, offering verisimilitude for the video game’s fictional scenarios. Vice Media goes gonzo on the news. Advertisers may be a different story. 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Brief detentions are the standard response to opposition street protests in a country that frowns on public dissent and views dissidents as mercenaries in the pay of the United States to subvert the government. Bruguera and other Cuban artists detained ahead of protest over decree 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Although it later found work in Angola, Kenya and elsewhere, it closed after the South African government outlawed mercenaries in 1998. Return of the hired gun 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z When a father gets this involved in his kids’ careers, one hopes that it’s merely to protect his offspring from mercenary or manipulative forces, from rocketing into adulthood, from being exploited in some unforgivable way. The Twisted Legacy of the Stage Dad Joe Jackson 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Gomez’s exasperation does not feel unwarranted: apologies, enacted deliberately, can feel mercenary, false. A Void Where Justin Bieber Usually Is 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “Digger,” the debut feature by the Greek writer and director Georgis Grigorakis, is the familiar story of a local eccentric facing off against mercenary industrialists desperate to acquire and tear down his property. ‘Digger’ Review: A Man Defends the Land Against Development 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The competition proceeded as usual last weekend, even as an armed rebellion by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, moved closer to Moscow. Russia’s Storied Tchaikovsky Competition Is Diminished by War 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z During that time, several of his actors, mostly inexperienced locals, were jailed in Ivory Coast as suspected mercenaries. Director Cary Fukunaga Tamed Beasts to Tell a Crucial African Story 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Sandford has been working on Lucas for more than two dozen books, and by now Lucas can handle just about anything, including a group of bad-apple mercenaries. A Politician With Real Killer Instincts 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Animated by Mr. T in a Mohawk and enough gold jewelry to buy Trinidad and Tobago, B. A., as he was called, was a fool-pitying mercenary whose temperature was often at a steaming boil. Film: Quinton Jackson of ?A-Team,? A Mr. T for Our Times 2010-06-03T19:58:00Z Indeed, the great publisher even commended his small format books to Bartolomeo d’Alviano, the scholarly mercenary commander of Venice’s forces, as perfect for taking on military campaigns. In Venice, the Power of the Press on Display 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Collette plays the straight woman to her ruthless relatives, and the contrast between her moral dismay and Faris’s mercenary willpower drives some of the film’s best laughs. ‘The Estate’ Review: No Good Will 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In “Kill Boksoon,” trained killers work for individual mercenary companies, where they are ranked based on their proficiency. ‘Kill Boksoon’ Review: It’s a Deadly Job for a Busy Single Mom 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z She recalled being in Beirut playing Army of Two, in which two “dude-bro” American mercenaries fight terrorists in Afghanistan. L.G.B.T. Gamers Huddle for a Postelection Reality Check 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Here’s our list, not exhaustive, of which Santa setup is the most mercenary. Who's the Greediest Mall Santa? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Have you ever considered getting mercenary about the roles you choose to further your career? Clive Owen on 'The Knick,' complicated roles and that mustache 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z "The Expendables" revolves around a group of mercenaries hired to overthrow a South American dictator. "The Expendables" eyes brawny box office debut 2010-08-13T00:53:00Z It focuses on a mercenary named Lizbeth Rose, who is "hired on a manhunt by Russian sorcerers in a Mexican border town." 'True Blood' author Charlaine Harris will launch a new fantasy series set in a fractured America 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Her motivation, she says, is patriotism, but her mercenary career is well known. Omarosa, the Tragic Narrator of Our Times 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z As an action hero, Ma packs a major punch: He can send a villain flying through a wall with one left hook and battle an entire army of mercenaries without ripping his suit. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z No significant subject is immune from banalization at the hands of mercenary filmmakers. “Ma” and “The Perfection,” Reviewed: Two Horror Movies Crassly Exploit #MeToo 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Neckbone's motives are initially cynical and mercenary, though he gradually warms to the outsider. Mud – review 2013-05-11T23:07:24Z A Syrian mercenary drinking beer in the company of his Egyptian wife and child, c. British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London 2011-07-19T05:48:00Z While there are dozens of games about space marines, mercenaries and guitar playing, cowboys are conspicuous by their near-absence in gaming. Nick Gillett's top 10 games of 2010 2010-12-18T00:07:43Z It’s a comedy grappling with race, religion, money and, no doubt, some mercenary romance. Amélie, Big Daddy, Hedwig: Familiar names hit SoCal stages this fall 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Moreover, Paul is guilt-ridden over his brutal actions as a mercenary for Black Mountain Security in the Middle East. 'True Detective' recap: State launches probe into Vinci corruption 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Cuba describes political dissidents as mercenaries and traitors in the pay of Washington. Singer Pablo Milanes urges more freedom in Cuba 2011-08-14T15:09:37Z Think on it, Toby: a rabble of American mercenaries, aided by British Special Forces in disguise and funded by the Republican evangelical right. Books of The Times: ‘A Delicate Truth,’ by John le Carré 2013-04-30T18:00:41Z How did bands of self-freed slaves defeat the French colonial army, one of the best equipped of its day, and some assorted mercenaries too? Three books on the revolutions that America's uprising helped spawn 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z On Thursday night, in a cowboy hat and long black duster, he seemed mostly like a mercenary, there for a gig. The Bizarre Perfection of Trump’s Inaugural Concert 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Hemsworth plays the mercenary Huntsman, who disobeys orders to kill her. Why the world is ready for 2 'Snow Whites' 2011-08-15T18:34:53Z Priestly presents some cogent and still-pertinent observations about the endurance of small businesses - and dreamers - in a mercenary world. Review: The wolf is at the door in 'Cornelius' 2013-06-12T22:22:08Z While locked onto a mission that the mercenary suspects is as impossible and ridiculous as the "need-to-know-basis" debacle at the center of "Suicide Squad, " he begins to realize his worldview may be grievously misinformed. HBO Max's uproarious "Peacemaker" remembers to have fun in a brooding superhero landscape 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He pretty much put Halliburton in business and the outsourcing of military resources to private mercenary groups and so forth. David Letterman would finish off Donald Trump: Yes, we miss Jon Stewart, but no one deflated demagogues like Dave 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z He was eventually trained as an assassin and worked as a mercenary. Everything You Need to Know About Deadpool 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In 1961, Matthiessen emerged as a major novelist with "At Play in the Fields of the Lord," his tale of missionaries under siege from both natives and mercenaries in the jungles of Brazil. Writer-environmentalist Peter Matthiessen dies 2014-04-06T01:17:22Z That character in the remake is now a vaguely defined and rather pointless "mercenary." Which "V" reigns supreme? 2010-05-18T19:30:00Z "Expendables 2" is the sequel to the 2010 box office hit about a team of mercenaries hired to kill a corrupt military man. Stuntman killed on set of "The Expendables 2" 2011-10-28T17:11:53Z Intimate confessional, openhearted embrace, mercenary catalog of hip- hop’s future: Drake’s concerts are many things at once. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z After the major label shelved her early records, the ace guitarist built an impressive résumé as an in-demand mercenary, joining the touring bands of The Shins, Beck and other indie-rock elites. Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson carries the ‘Impossible Weight’ on Seattle rockers’ radiant new album 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The inner workings of her mind are depressingly mercenary – she wants to be an MEP because the "weather is better, the money is interesting and the food both". Diaries Volume II: 1992-1997 by Edwina Currie – review 2012-09-28T21:54:01Z The film centers on American journalists who witness war crimes and atrocities by the South Ossetian militia and mercenaries hired by Russia, and then try to survive to report the story to the outside world. Seeking Drama In a Conflict That?s Still Raw 2011-08-14T02:53:01Z He claimed in his closing argument that the lure of riches turned the company and Murray into mercenaries who sacrificed the pop star’s life in a quest to boost their own fortunes. Verdict Reached in Case Against Jackson Promoter 2013-10-02T22:04:03Z Mr. Mendes’s stream of mini-videos on Vine — a strikingly efficient form of mercenary marketing — helped promote the record, as did being named an opening act on Taylor Swift’s world tour. Shawn Mendes Is No. 1 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z In it, a group of mercenaries try to pull of a heist in a Las Vegas overrun with zombies. New this week: Chrissie Hynde, loads of zombies & M.O.D.O.K 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Whatever he is, he’s not a callous mercenary. Books of The Times: ?The Cut? by George Pelecanos - Review 2011-08-28T21:41:49Z For Mr. Girard, the most challengingly misogynistic aspect of the piece is that Daland, Senta’s father, agrees to trade his daughter for some gold the Dutchman is carrying, a troublingly mercenary transaction. The Met Opera’s ‘Dutchman’ Sails Into Port With a New Star 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z These mercenary assessments are meant, of course, for harried, hurried travelers, including those of us lucky enough to shape a few precious days into something we call vacation. Review: In ‘Spettacolo,’ a Tuscan Town Where All the World’s a Stage 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z He struck up a mercenary friendship with an older, lonely neurologist, hoping to wrangle information from him about the status of an experimental drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Review: ‘Black Edge,’ an Account of a Hedge Fund Magnate and Insider Trading 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Numerous tensions also develop among the partners, especially after an attractive but mercenary secretary catches Kelson’s eye. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell The image of Zip Tie Guy with his black fatigues, tactical vest, Taser and cuffs was terrifying because of his anonymity and appearance of mercenary professionalism. Perspective | Trumpist masculinity reaches its high water mark 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z "These are two very different screenplays built on a familiar theme: mercenaries taking on a Latin American dictator." Stallone did not copy screenplay for "The Expendables": judge 2012-12-28T00:10:17Z Now, as outsiders, the pair have more of a mercenary quality, and though they are armed with a big budget, they are less sure storytellers. “American Vandal” Season 2 Goes from Poop Jokes to Adolescent Dystopia 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z We see in this portrait the faces and the inner beings of mercenary soldiers Leonardo knew, fighting their battles for power and money. Master of war: Leonardo da Vinci's images of conflict 2010-09-03T11:06:00Z People working in the financial services sector are a little more mercenary -- they rank pay as the third most important motivator -- but are similarly more concerned with career opportunities and recognition. Profits, productivity and the pursuit of happiness 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z But the Irish and Scotch-Irish role in the American Revolution was the antithesis of the stereotypical Irish mercenary. The Irish have become the forgotten players of America's struggle for independence 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z What he didn’t do was include Winner in his 2020 pardons, instead favoring dozens of corrupt politicians and criminal business executives — and even the four mercenaries convicted of murdering Iraqi civilians in 2007. Perspective | Reality Winner was the FBI’s ‘head on a pike’ for Trump. It’s time to set her free. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Centre: He's a stoned, purely mercenary substitute teacher telling his third-graders, "Anyone who makes any noise while I'm resting will be sent home to Mommy in several little boxes." Oscars 2011: Melissa Leo takes the low road to success 2011-02-25T21:00:01Z But it could be in this movie, which stars David Harbour as Santa Claus, who is fortunately making his rounds when mercenaries attempt a home invasion. 159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The “Deadpool” character was introduced in comics in the early ’90s; a chatty, heavily scarred, Canadian mercenary who had wit, agility and a superhuman ability to quickly heal from wounds. How ‘Deadpool’ Hit the Hollywood Awards Trail 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z So I did the mercenary thing, which was going into fashion. An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Matt Damon stars as a European mercenary joining the fight against monsters during China's Song Dynasty. Box Office: 'Lego Batman' flies high over 'Great Wall,' 'Fist Fight' 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z While this mercenary transaction might seem like the kind of fantastical plot twist that Englander, with his eye for irony, might invent, Jewish law does allow an emissary to be thus hired. ‘Like a JDate for the Dead’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z From a writer's point of view, this creates fertile possibilities to explore the motivations of second sons; Martin named an army of mercenaries after that concept. "House of the Dragon" and the question of queens 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z If this sounds merely mercenary, however, there’s also a more altruistic argument against writing bad reviews. Bookends: Are Novelists Too Wary of Criticizing Other Novelists? 2013-09-03T17:19:22Z But more mercenary motives were at play, too. ‘Putin’s People’ Documents the Ruthless and Relentless Reach of Kremlin Corruption 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Both would have been better and more honest if their characters were just as openly mercenary as any male movie thief and didn’t try to soften these women’s crimes with tears and rationalizations. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z A best-selling historian turns to fiction in this story of the Hundred Years’ War, which follows a troupe of mercenaries hired to help England invade France in the mid-1300s. 13 New Books Coming in February 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z But while it was innovative and cute to undercut a portentous franchise with wry humour 12 years ago, now these projects have become prolific enough to take on a perceptibly mercenary edge. Bricking it: why the Lego movie franchise is on shaky foundations 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Once their top-secret mission is completed, the soldiers expect to be extracted by the military, but instead mercenaries working for Osela, a Blackwater-like military contractor, swoop in and confiscate the laptop. Review: ‘American Odyssey,’ a New NBC Series, Stars Anna Friel 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z He deals with mercenary soldiers working for private military contractors on the world's most dangerous road, between Baghdad airport and the green zone. Cannes round-up by Jason Solomon 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z All too often, however, artworks keyed to 9/11 felt mercenary or narcissistic. The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z “It’s purely mercenary. My father offered him a job.” Virginia Patton Moss, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Actress, Dies at 97 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Also, not to be pedantic or anything, but “The Hobbit” is just one book, and its expansion into three movies feels arbitrary and mercenary. Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ by Peter Jackson 2012-12-13T18:58:19Z She has been rewarded with her first blockbuster movie role – as mercenary mutant Domino in Deadpool 2. From Alden Ehrenreich to Zazie Beetz: the 40 rising film stars of 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Everyone knows that it is hard to believe that such activities, if they took place in Dublin in the late 17th century, were of a mercenary nature. Tart with a cart? Older song shows Dublin's Molly Malone in new light 2010-07-18T16:48:00Z Starring Joaquin Phoenix as a psychologically damaged war veteran and former FBI agent turned private mercenary, it is an absorbing meditation on a tortured soul that poses as a violent action thriller. The film world is hard for women directors 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Except for one bilingual go-between, none of these mercenaries can be described as civilized. ‘Black Sea’ Stars Jude Law as a Seething Adventurer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Your job is to hunt down and shoot the mercenary thieves, in a process that's nearly identical to many other third-person action games. Fuse - review 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z So much so that imported mercenaries are required to show them how it’s done. Review: On Staten Island, ‘The First Purge’ Rages 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z But amid the mercenary reality is one built on profound, loving commitment. 'Virunga' captures drama of African rangers guarding gorillas 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z As mercenary and cocksure as this songwriting is, there’s a reluctance that holds it — or her — back. Call Carly Rae Jepsen a Pop Star With Depth (Maybe) 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z “What appeared in the children’s stockings,” Bowler writes, had “been ‘decontaminated’ of its mercenary, manufactured aspects and represented something more personal, more loving than if it had come directly from a store.” A Reconsideration of Santa’s Lap 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In this expensive but disjointed action-fest, Statham is also given the most exhilarating solo showcase: scooping up a kidnapped baby while engaging in brutal close-quarters combat with several angry mercenaries on a compromised cargo plane. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z According to the lawsuit, "The Cordoba Caper" told a story of elite, highly-trained mercenaries hired to defeat a General Garza, a rogue army general in a small Latin American country. Judge: Case on Stallone's "Expendables" expendable 2012-06-26T17:09:30Z It supposedly gave birth to what many think of as the mercenary art market of today. Art Review: At Acquavella, Art From Robert and Ethel Scull?s Collection 2010-04-15T21:53:00Z Wilson, however, isn’t just interested in dramatizing the plight of black talent in a business ruled by mercenary whites. Resilience and dignity are the rich, bluesy music of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Isaac also plays Marc Spector, a grizzled American mercenary who shares the same body with Grant — and who is also Moon Knight, the crime-fighting avatar of an ancient Egyptian deity. Oscar Isaac Learned to Love Blockbusters Again in ‘Moon Knight’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z And why is Venice's head torturer so curious about the psychology of this one mercenary? 'Iago: A Novel' ? the morning after a bloody mess 2012-01-04T22:57:03Z What Pike is, is smart, self- possessed, patient and relentless — just like the cop and mercenary he was in previous lives. 'The Sentry': Robert Crais' story of a strong man with a blind spot 2011-01-13T21:05:05Z This is the real deal, the author seems to growl, the stakes are life and death, and let me tell you life is cheap to these international operatives/organized criminals/mercenary thugs. “Whisky Tango Foxtrot”: A techno-thriller with a soul 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Logically, there's no way that an "artist collective" influenced by krautrock and Fluxus trying to make an important, if opaque, point about mercenary armies could be this much fun. This week's new singles 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z The British-born actor also plays a mercenary in the upcoming drama Beasts of No Nation. Idris Elba Lands First Male 'Maxim' Cover 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z But mercenary realities make the world go round. Did Peter Doig paint this landscape on LSD? 2013-05-17T15:10:37Z Our enemies make no distinction between mercenaries and naive, irresponsible people who disagree. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z It's that Nordic Viking mythic guy who has played the role of king, warrior, soldier and mercenary, and who has bedded more women than anyone, nearing the last cycle of his life. Is Schwarzenegger ready to make a Last Stand as Conan the Barbarian? 2013-01-18T16:31:18Z And so the surrealists who "stayed at home" stand apart from other engagements of forensically-minded anthropologists, film-makers, corporate mercenaries – which in the course of this novel and in its commentaries cast lasting and transformative impressions. The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska – review by Lloyd Jones 2013-06-13T06:12:13Z In uniform, the title character, an ordinary mercenary turned freakishly powerful mercenary, may look a little like Spider-Man, at least to the comic-book agnostic. Review: ‘Deadpool,’ a Sardonic Supervillain on a Kill Mission 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The first “Deadpool,” which opened two years ago, starred Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces operative turned mercenary. ‘Deadpool 2’ Review: Sending Up Superheroism Once Again 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “I wanted to develop projects, and I was meeting people, but it just felt somewhat mercenary, and then I met Sergei,” Mr. Eden said. Meet the Impresario Who Makes Dance Happen 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Hudson agreed to the show but not its mercenary purpose, insisting that all the donated works be given away. Hudson, Gallerist and Nurturer of Artists, Dies at 63 2014-02-17T04:37:35Z Together, they tear the moldy fig leaf off a Hollywood staple, the Arthurian-style romance — with its chivalric code, knightly virtues and courtly manners — to reveal a mercenary, transactional world of men, women and power. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Like the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, Russia found that using private military contractors — that is, mercenaries — in Ukraine was helpful in reducing the political impact of casualties. Russia, Ukraine and ‘Hybrid Conflicts’ 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Treasury bonds, and mercenary guardsmen move in to clear the city of economic undesirables. 'Super Sad True Love Story': Gary Shteyngart's dystopian novel is super, sad and true 2010-07-30T23:27:00Z This isn't another "Sweeney Todd," but its sharp style lifts it above the mercenary rung of most musicals spun from pop cultural ephemera. 'American Psycho' boldly blends the scary with the sardonic 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z This erasure of women isn’t even mercenary: films that do pass the Bechdel Test are repeatedly shown to produce more profit for studios than films which don’t. Why Disney's New Cinderella Is the Anti-Frozen 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Or an abstract-erotic revel in luxurious slathers of oil paint by Cecily Brown, or maybe the grim imagining of mercenary torturers that Leon Golub scraped into the weave of a canvas skin. Here's why the Broad museum's generous lending program may not work out 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z “He was so mercenary, would do such disgustingly manipulative things for his own gain,” Blakeson said of Tatum. ‘Jackie Brown’ and Tangerine Dream: What ‘I Care a Lot’ Is Made Of 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Spare and effective, it hinges on the moment when a young German mercenary mired in the brutality "sees as clear as lightning that he will never go home". Astray by Emma Donoghue – review 2012-11-09T22:54:01Z But the best part, Mr. Croop said, is that though they accomplished a professional goal, the vibe never felt overtly mercenary. WeWork Goes to Summer Camp 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Cuba considers dissidents to be mercenaries in the pay of the United States trying to subvert the government. Art frenzy takes over Havana as biennial kicks off 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Ramón’s wife, Carmela, is generally patient with him, except when he turns to mercenary estate planning, even if this is motivated by a sincere desire to ensure his family’s future financial security. Tragicomic Fiction That Masquerades as an Extended Lawyer Joke 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z His story centers on a former monk and mercenary named Dismas, who lost his wife and children in the plague while he was off pillaging. Christopher Buckley may not have given up political satire after all 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In the first episode, he goes from just an absolute mess to his first step on the road to Damascus, which is to be a mercenary. Can Tony Gilroy Bring New Hope to ‘Star Wars’? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In a series of stories published in the late 1960s, she introduced the heroine Alyx, a quick-witted, not greatly beautiful mercenary, thief and assassin who roams energetically across the centuries from antiquity onward. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z The movie posits that a secretive organization calling itself the South African Institute for Maritime Research actually consisted of mercenaries. ‘Cold Case Hammarskjold’ Review: An Excavation of International Intrigue 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The other cultivated barbarians of Regina’s rich Southern family, determined to thwart her mercenary ambitions, avidly desire intelligence about her inevitable counterattacks — and so does the audience in Arena’s Kreeger Theater. Marg Helgenberger and company give Lillian Hellman her due in ‘The Little Foxes’ 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Mexico, a lawless land on the other side of America’s rapidly closing frontier, is the end of the line for the mercenary Bunch. When American Filmmakers Try to Cross the Border 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A mercenary camp somewhere, where there are clever people making bombs and equipment, and he's got them to make his equipment. The Dark Knight Rises: the team behind the trilogy's epic finale 2012-07-13T23:01:00Z Embracing a familiar observational approach, he doesn’t talk you through “Midnight Family” but instead lets his filmmaking choices convey his thoughts on the Ochoas and the mercenary world they inhabit. ‘Midnight Family’ Review: The Night Stalkers of Mexico City 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z They can be interventionists or mercenaries, they can be idealists or cynics, but they fight, administer or narrate these wars with little command over one crucial fact: Violence poisons everything. The Intricacies of Colombia’s War, Stitched Together in a Novel 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Other embassies support plays for reasons that seem a bit less mercenary. Around the world in several plays: Embassies get bitten by the theater bug 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Another key character is Asian, and included in its core band of mercenaries is a gay couple. Enough already with the white warrior woman worship 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z We also know the backstory of his cold-blooded mercenary status before we first meet him floating in the ocean. Why we should learn to stop worrying and love the blockbuster franchise 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z This is not exactly the art-commerce divide that sentimentalists of cinema invoke in a vain effort to distinguish aesthetic ambition from mercenary zeal. Film: In Line at the Movies, Hoping for Good Enough 2010-11-20T19:14:00Z Deep Sea Diver, “Impossible Weight” Jessica Dobson reminds us why she was once a guitar mercenary to the indie rock stars, jabbing, pirouetting and tumbling against booming melodies and glistening synths in her focused arrangements. The best Seattle albums of 2020: Critics choose the top releases of the year 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z The journals call into question the prevailing image of the infamous Gary Shang, brilliant mole and mercenary. Ha Jin roves U.S. and China, charting 'A Map of Betrayal' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z His decision is purely mercenary: The cash will help send his daughter to an American university. Ha Jin Considers the Cost of Freedom in ‘A Song Everlasting’ 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Salvo's linguistic abilities lead him into a vipers' nest of business men, civil servants and mercenaries apparently intent on freeing his home province of Kivu. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z Panish claimed in his closing argument that the lure of riches turned AEG executives into mercenaries who sacrificed the pop star’s life in a quest to boost their own fortunes. Katherine Jackson Loses Last-Chance Damage Suit 2013-10-03T09:38:31Z But mercenaries don't wait for orders to do what they need to do – not in fantasy or in reality. We raise a glass of blue milk in Ming-Na Wen's honor #MayThe4thBeWithYou 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s a fantastically rich novel, an alternate history set in 15th century Europe, following the adventures of Ash, a female mercenary. Review | Ever wonder what might have been? Here are some scenarios, courtesy of science fiction 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The oddity of using a garment linked to mercenaries to convey a very different message seemed to elude Maya. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z So from the point of view of private capital, 'yeah, get a mercenary. Loach goes to war with Cannes drama 'Route Irish' 2010-05-21T16:45:00Z Beyond Bullets and Berets, Life in Wartime “I’m a soldier, I’m not a martyr,” Carlos the Jackal announces in ’s fictionalization of the life and brutal times of the Marxist turned mercenary. film: Beyond Bullets and Berets, Life in Wartime 2010-10-24T02:23:00Z Oscar Isaac plays mild-mannered gift shop employee Steven Grant . . . as well as Marc Spector, a hardened mercenary with whom Grant shares a body. "Moon Knight" hired Oscar Isaac’s brother to play his other personality 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The difference is that though both the actor and the general are mercenaries, Keith does not have a hero’s authority. Review: In ‘American Moor,’ an Insider’s Guide to ‘Othello’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z His best known, chilling, larger-than-life images, painted on vast unstretched canvases hung on hooks threaded through grommets, force us to consider mercenaries and their victims, conjured up with ravaged, scraped expanses of pigment. ‘Leon Golub: Raw Nerve’ Review: Raging at Injustice With a Brush 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z These mercenaries of aggressive swing take to the seas, fulfilling the dreams of punk rock pirates everywhere. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The Pat Hobby stories lack Fitzgerald’s characteristic lyricism, and perhaps for that might be read as mercenary or hackwork; but what they lack in beauty, they make up for in wit and pathos. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood “Crack-Up” 2013-06-09T15:00:00Z He’s just a spectacular warrior whose feats have been exaggerated over years of retelling and who relies on his inflated reputation for his career as a mercenary. Brett Ratner’s ‘Hercules’ is actually entertaining in places Not long ago Russian soldiers in Chechnya and South Ossetia were scared silly with improbable tales of Baltic mercenaries, blue-eyed, ice-blooded snipers sometimes known as White Stockings. | 'Nikita'; 'Hellcats': Lethal Woman With Weapons Is Out for Covert Vengeance 2010-09-07T22:00:00Z Despite understandable concerns about her health, Lynn pursues the job and enters a mercenary world in which wealthy buyers shop for prospective donors with desirable qualities. ‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Figures recur: commedia dell'arte performers, dancers, mercenaries, itinerant Savoyards carrying curiosity boxes, tinkers, shoeshine boys. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z But of course what was really happening in that moment was pure mercenary cleverness: Gus wanted to keep Jesse alive because he was too valuable to sacrifice. Tony Soprano, Al Swearengen, Vic Mackey, Gus Fring 2011-09-19T14:20:00Z “Their reasons would be purely mercenary,” he said. The Art of Doing Time: Prisoner, Painter, Escapee 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Its villain is a mercenary Osama bin Laden type who makes no sense and silently boasts to himself: “I am Suliman Cindoruk. And I’m about to reboot the world.” Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z This established the almost mercenary approach to all future dealings. Grappling with the Rolling Stones, the greatest band that ever sold out 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z This is the fourth Pentatonix Christmas album in six years, a mercenary pace for a holiday-mascot group that specializes in an especially synthetic brand of mirth. Holiday Music for the Joyful, the Lonely and the Skeptical 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Conventional wisdom would have it that a violent, fantastical action thriller about a group of supernatural mercenaries doesn’t lend itself to personal filmmaking. Perspective | Gina Prince-Bythewood is the first black woman to direct a major comic-book movie. It looks like the future. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Ooh they’re good, he replied, as if they were a landscaping company instead of an army of mercenaries who kill people for a living. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 4: The Spoils of War 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z The first is a kind of mercenary jacket. The Dark Knight Rises: the team behind the trilogy's epic finale 2012-07-13T23:01:00Z Fighting to bring them down is a small band of mercenaries — the Boys of the show’s title — regarded as terrorists by the general public. ‘The Boys’ Is Back, More Relevant Than Ever 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Legions of aliens, mercenaries, Turks, mutants, evil superheroes, Russians, dragons and even a few storm troopers await. Video Game Releases: Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty Face-Off 2011-09-18T04:10:09Z Now the leader of a resistance group known as the Partisans on the desert moon Jedha, the insurgent mercenary is known for his questionable methods of combatting the Empire. A Guide to the Returning Star Wars Characters in Rogue One 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The siblings, unaware of their father’s financial crisis and with mercenary plans of their own, agree to his suggested visit. A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Route Irish Set in Liverpool, Ken Loach's Iraq war drama scrutinises the aftermath for a former mercenary. Ridley Scott: Creator of worlds 2010-05-10T20:30:00Z Meadow emerges as an increasingly cold, even mercenary figure in the course of this novel. Review: Dana Spiotta’s ‘Innocents and Others’ Explores the Dynamics Between Life and Art 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Other powers employed the fearless warriors as mercenaries, including Byzantium and Jerusalem, but some were anxious to keep weapons of mass destruction out of their hands: a Frankish law forbade selling swords to Vikings. Biggest Viking exhibition in 20 years opens – and this time they're angry 2013-06-19T15:13:55Z Old hat is a losing business model, the mercenary pursuit of a dwindling tribe. What those 11 Tony Awards for 'Hamilton' mean for Broadway and the art of theater 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z In addition to starring in "The Expendables 3", Stallone wrote the story of a mercenary group that takes on a ruthless arms dealer. 'Turtles' tops again, beats 'Guardians' at North American box office 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Hercules’ gang of merry mercenaries roves Greece, killing pirates and other fourth-century B.C. riffraff. ‘Hercules,’ via a Graphic Novel 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The whole thing looks so much like an argument, about the artistry of advertisements, the mercenary quality of the art world, or the difficulty of telling them apart. TriBeCa, the New Art Stroll 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z That same year, his junta reportedly authorized the deployment of the Russia-linked Wagner mercenary forces to fight Islamist militants after close to two decades of failed Western-backed counterterrorism efforts. Pentagon proclaims failure in its war on terror in Africa after 75,000% increase in terror attacks 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The army, reportedly backed by Wagner group mercenaries, has battled for Kidal for the past three days. Mali army seizes key rebel northern stronghold Kidal 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z British intelligence said Sunday it believes “large elements” of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group have likely been reassigned to serve in the Russian National Guard — the Rosgvardiya — and the mercenary group has “resumed active recruitment.” British intelligence: Wagner group mercenaries have likely been folded into Russian national guard 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z He pointed to the disruptive role that Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is playing in Africa and to Russian meetings with officials from Hamas, the Gaza Strip’s ruling militants whose surprise attack in Israel on Oct. Latvia’s president says West must arm Ukraine to keep Russia from future global adventures 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Putin last month visited the military headquarters in Rostov, where Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin began a failed mutiny in June. Russia's Putin meets military top brass to discuss Ukraine war 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z They say the U.S. no longer has a clear justification for keeping forces in Syria, a war-torn nation populated by a host of actors with competing political aims, including Iran and Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group. ‘Expect Americans in body bags’: Middle East on the brink as U.S., Iran spiral toward war 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The junta has since turned to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for assistance, but its fighters' presence has never been formally acknowledged by the authorities. Mali army seizes key rebel northern stronghold Kidal 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday. Polish president gives nationalists first shot at government 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday. UAE says it will establish a field hospital in Gaza- state news agency 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday. Biden emphasizes need to protect Palestinian civilians in call with Netanyahu 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The CAR is working closely with mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group, who have been accused of killing civilians and other abuses. Uganda's Yoweri Museveni hits back over expulsion from US-Africa trade pact Agoa 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Mali's army has meanwhile turned to the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, as a new ally. Why does France have military bases in Africa? 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. intelligence believed Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah with an air defence system, saying such talk was unfounded. Scottish leader's family members listed to leave Gaza on Friday 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. intelligence believed Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah with an air defence system, saying such talk was unfounded. Blinken returns to Israel to press for protection of Gaza civilians 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. intelligence believed Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah with an air defence system, saying such talk was unfounded. UN cites 'alarming' rise in Israeli army operations in West Bank 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. intelligence believed Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah with an air defence system, saying such talk was unfounded. Italy weighs ban on technocrat-led government in proposed constitution reform 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. intelligence believed Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah with an air defence system, saying such talk was unfounded. Indonesia's top judge faces guilty verdict in ethics probe, says investigating panel 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z If you think that sounds very similar to the real-world Wagner mercenary group, you wouldn't be alone. Call of Duty: Can the world's favourite shooter game last another 20 years? 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Senator Ben Cardin, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that if Americans withdraw it could leave a vacuum that could be filled by Russia or its partner Wagner mercenaries. US Senate rejects bid to remove troops from Niger 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The Russian defence ministry has been recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine, apparently taking over from the Wagner mercenary group which was the first to adopt the practice last year. Ukraine war: Russia recruits prisoners for its invasion 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z "He ordered his mercenary prosecutors... The accusations are baseless and are Edi Rama's direct political attacks against me," Berisha told reporters late on Saturday. Albanian prosecutors charge former Prime Minister Sali Berisha in corruption probe 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Who was that extraordinary individual whose personal initiative shook up the world order in Africa, establishing a Russian mercenary troop presence and ties to governments in at least seven African countries? Moscow's man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in the U.S. have alleged that there was a broad plot among conspirators in both Haiti and Florida to hire mercenaries to remove Moïse and benefit from contracts from a successor administration. A main suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested after 2 years 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Sandu has repeatedly denounced Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine and last week accused the Russian mercenary group Wagner of being behind what she called an attempt to unseat her earlier this year in a coup. Moldovan president says 'decisive' action needed to defend democracy 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The group, which employed experienced mercenaries as well as convicts, proved itself as a capable fighting force in locations such as the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut. Ukraine war: Russia recruits prisoners for its invasion 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Nebenzia claimed that Ukraine’s government wrings its hands about civilians who died in airstrikes on hotels, hostels, cafes and shops, “and then a large number of obituaries of foreign mercenaries and soldiers appear.” Russia claims `neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier in village struck by missile killing 52 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z In 2014, his Wagner group of mercenaries first appeared as the shadowy “little green men” during the Russian seizure of Crimea and then moved on to Syria where they engaged in a war of atrocities. Moscow's man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The blockades have come as fighting intensifies between the army, who are backed by Russian Wagner mercenaries, and both Islamist groups and ethnic Tuareg separatist fighters. Mali crisis: Life in Timbuktu and Gao under siege by Islamist fighters 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Prigozhin, whose mercenaries played a major role in capturing parts of eastern Ukraine for Russia in the past year, staged a brief mutiny against Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in June. Moldovan president says Russia's Wagner head plotted coup against her -FT 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z His mercenaries took over Russia’s southern military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and then rolled toward Moscow before abruptly halting the mutiny under a deal that offered them amnesty from prosecution. Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin’s plane crash, Putin claims 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The Russian president said grenade fragments were found in the bodies recovered from the crash site after the Wagner mercenary leader’s plane went down in August. Putin suggests a new narrative for Prigozhin’s deadly plane crash: cocaine and grenades. 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z His name — now all too well known — was Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and commander of a notorious mercenary army, the Wagner Group. Moscow's man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Mali has since turned to Russia's Wagner mercenary group for military help, and there have been rumours that Niger and Burkina Faso may follow. Mali crisis: Life in Timbuktu and Gao under siege by Islamist fighters 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Gen. Grynkewich said the Wagner Group mercenary army still has “a few hundred” troops operating in Syria. Top Air Force general in Middle East: Russia dials back provocative air operations in Syria 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The mercenaries were given a choice to retire from the service, move to Belarus or sign new contracts with the Defense Ministry. Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin’s plane crash, Putin claims 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Russia’s Wagner Group, which has sent 1,000 mercenaries to support the junta, has failed to fill the gap and is accused of attacks against civilians. Mali in meltdown as militants advance and U.N. withdraws 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z In March, Washington warned Chad’s president that Wagner mercenaries were plotting to assassinate him and were also preparing Chadian rebels to attack from their bases in the Central African Republic. Moscow's man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z This has coincided with growing violence from Islamist militant groups, despite the deployment in December 2021 of Russian Wagner Group mercenaries. Mali crisis: Fierce fighting erupts after Tuareg rebels kill 'more than 80 soldiers' 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Within hours, Cuba contradicted its envoy, reiterating that Cubans were prohibited from fighting as war mercenaries. How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Last week, Putin met with one of Wagner’s top commanders to take charge of “volunteer units” fighting in Ukraine in a sign that the Kremlin intends to keep using the mercenaries after Prigozhin’s death. Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin’s plane crash, Putin claims 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z In the wake of the mutiny, some Wagner mercenaries had relocated to Belarus as part of a deal mediated by that country’s leader. Putin Meets With Former Wagner Deputy as Questions Linger 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z As French influence in the Sahel was challenged by terrorist groups, Prigozhin inserted his Wagner mercenaries into the fissures being opened by the ending of Paris’ postcolonial empire and turned those cracks into gaping holes. Moscow's man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was also present at the meeting late Thursday, a sign that Wagner mercenaries will likely serve under the Defense Ministry’s command. Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was also present at the meeting late Thursday, a sign that Wagner mercenaries will likely serve under the Defense Ministry’s command. Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. Sikh group protests outside Golden Temple over killing in Canada 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. Lula admitted to Brasilia hospital for hip surgery 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. NATO says it has authorized additional forces for Kosovo 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The meeting appeared to reflect the Kremlin’s plan to redeploy some Wagner mercenaries to the front line in Ukraine following their brief mutiny in June and Prigozhin’s suspicious death in a plane crash Aug. 23. Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The meeting appeared to reflect the Kremlin’s plan to redeploy some Wagner mercenaries to the front line in Ukraine following their brief mutiny in June and Prigozhin’s suspicious death in a plane crash Aug. 23. Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. 2024 rivals Trump, DeSantis to court Republican activists in California 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. Dutch prosecutors warned school about Rotterdam suspect before alleged shootings 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. Trump's campaign machine is bleeding cash for legal expenses 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Wagner mercenaries have played a key role in Moscow’s war in Ukraine, spearheading the capture of Bakhmut in May after months of fierce fighting. Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Wagner mercenaries have played a key role in Moscow’s war in Ukraine, spearheading the capture of Bakhmut in May after months of fierce fighting. Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war. Hardline Republican holdouts push U.S. government closer to shutdown 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The Putin meeting appears to indicate that what remains of Wagner will now be overseen by Troshev and Yevkurov, who has travelled over recent months to several countries where the mercenaries work. Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander Troshev 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin has met one of the most senior ex-commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, who the Kremlin says now works for the defence ministry. Putin meets former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Adding to the powder keg, Western forces are cutting back even as foreign actors such as Russia’s Wagner Group mercenary army expand their reach in the region. ‘Almost insurmountable’ task: Africa emerges as unstable hot spot for terror, coups 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Cuba has denied any involvement in the war in Ukraine and its authorities say those fighting for hire as mercenaries or involved in trafficking could face long prison sentences or even the death penalty. Cuba, Russia working on case of Cubans recruited for Russian army - ambassador 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Mali's junta has teamed up with mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group, accused by the U.N. of human rights abuses. Analysis: West losing sight of Sahel after France announces Niger withdrawal 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The fate of Wagner, one of the world's most battle-hardened mercenary forces, has been unclear since Prigozhin's failed June 23 mutiny and his death on Aug. 23. Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander Troshev 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The Russian mercenary force Wagner already present in Niger’s neighbour Mali. France to pull troops out of Niger following coup 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The impact of Wagner mercenaries on the broader security picture cannot be understated. ‘Almost insurmountable’ task: Africa emerges as unstable hot spot for terror, coups 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The Cuban government this month said young Cuban men had enlisted in the Kremlin's military in recent months as mercenaries and victims in alleged human trafficking schemes, as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. Cuba, Russia working on case of Cubans recruited for Russian army - ambassador 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Russia's Wagner mercenary group has operated in Ukraine throughout Moscow's invasion. Ukraine's Zelenskiy meets Sudanese leader, discusses Russian paramilitaries 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Norwegian police have arrested a former commander in the Wagner mercenary group who had claimed asylum in Norway after he apparently tried to cross back into Russia illegally. Wagner deserter Andrey Medvedev held over bid to return to Russia 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z In a further indignity, someone stole a violin that was left on his grave, a nod to the mercenary group’s namesake, German composer Richard Wagner. A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z "We asked our neighbours to help us monitor the borders to stop the flow of mercenaries," said Burhan. Sudan's army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Last year, France withdrew its forces as the authorities brought in mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group. Timbuktu siege: Two killed in Mali mortar attack 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Also helping to fight the violence in Mali has been Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, diplomatic and security officials have said. Mali’s junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The mercenary group - whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash in August - has been used in many Russian operations. Wagner deserter Andrey Medvedev held over bid to return to Russia 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z “The death of Wagner’s leaders allows the Kremlin to establish control over the mercenaries in Africa,” said Africa expert Alexandra Fokina in a recent analysis. A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Addressing the UN he also alluded to the RSF's ties to Wagner, a Russian mercenary group who are operating across Africa in The Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique and Mali. Sudan leader warns war could spill over into neighbours 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Anthropologists have documented how mercenaries hired to drive the Xokleng from their ancestral lands would collect the ears of those they killed to claim their reward. Brazil's top court boosts indigenous rights in landmark ruling 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Bakhmut fell to Russia in May, largely due to waves of attacks from mercenary Wagner fighters, including prison conscripts, thought to have died by the hundreds. Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Bakhmut fell to Russia in May, largely due to waves of attacks from mercenary Wagner fighters, including prison conscripts thought to have died by the hundreds. Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z That doesn’t necessarily mean Wagner mercenaries in Africa will be placed under the control of the Defense Ministry. A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Mercenaries Soldiers who work for a company instead of a country are called “mercenaries”. A Very Short Rebellion in Russia 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Klishchiivka had been occupied by Russian forces since January, when Wagner mercenaries captured it after weeks of combat as part of the nearly yearlong battle for the nearby city of Bakhmut. Ukraine Says It Has Retaken Strategic Village Near Bakhmut 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z As Wagner mercenaries marched on Moscow in late June, he appeared in a video looking distressed and holding an assault rifle on his lap, urging them to turn back. Russian general in Algeria in apparent return to work after Wagner mutiny - paper 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Russian forces led by mercenaries from the Wagner Group captured Bakhmut in May. Ukrainian forces reclaim a village in the east as part of counteroffensive 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z “By maintaining such hybrid model, Moscow would be able to continue using the mercenaries in the ‘gray zone,’ officially keeping a distance from Wagner’s activities in the region,” Fokina said. A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Many of Wagner’s mercenaries are criminals who were let out of jail just so they could help Russia fight Ukraine. 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