ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BASTION
From French, from earlier bastillon bastion, from bastilleBastille.
7 QUOTES WITH «BASTION»
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bastion.
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.
University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security, hardly a bastion of free speech and open government.
The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It's a male bastion.
Fixing things around the house was the last bastion of manliness. But now, even that is getting taken away. As women become more economically independent, they are starting to fix things around the house for themselves.
Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.
Playwriting is the last great bastion of the individual writer. It's exciting precisely because it's where the money isn't. Money goes to safety, to consensus. It's not individualism.
The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASTION»
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bastion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bastion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bastion: Prequel to War
BASTION (a fortified position) is an absolute work of fiction. It is written with the hope that it will entertain its readers with the many stories and characters within. The book begins with Jackson parachuting into Normandy on D Day.
On a September day in a town called Bastion Falls, it started to snow.
Now the last hope of defeating Thalasi -- and Rhiannon's last hope as well -- lies at the heart of a mountain, guarded by a dragon as old as the world itself. . . From the Paperback edition.
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Black Cadet in a White
Bastion: Charles Young at West Point
Examines the life of Charles Young, whose hard work, intellect, focus, and humor allowed him to overcome hazing, social ostracism, and academic difficulties to become the third black graduate of West Point and a colonel.
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The
Bastion Prosecutor: Episode 3
This is the third and final installment of The Bastion Prosecutor (The Bastion Prosecutor is the second book in the sci-fi Kalahari Series) by A. J. Marshall.
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Staten Island: Conservative
Bastion in a Liberal City
This book chronicles how the “forgotten borough” has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics behind events that have shaped Staten Island.
Daniel C. Kramer, Richard M. Flanagan,
2012
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Mastered by Love:
Bastion Club Series:
The men of the Bastion Club proved their bravery secretly fighting for their country.
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Called to Jackson, Mississippi - The Last
Bastion of ...
Jackson, Mississippi, was the last place Dr. Brandon Sparkman would have chosen to work back in 1970.
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The Last
Bastion of the Living: A Futuristic Zombie Novel
After the Bastion valley gate failed the undead creatures known as the Inferi Scourge overran and destroyed the human settlements outside the walls.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASTION»
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bastion is used in the context of the following news items.
IS attacks Kurdish-held town near Syria bastion Raqa
Beirut (AFP) - Islamic State group fighters attacked a town near their de facto Syrian capital Monday in a bid to recapture it from Kurdish and ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
The Bastion: Integrated coastal defence complex
A key element of the new coastal defence system in this developed as the Bastion: a unique missile complex on the Black Sea, described by ... «Russia and India Report, Jul 15»
Triathletes ready to storm The Bastion iron-distance triathlon at …
All eyes will be on Hever Castle, Kent, on Sunday 12th July, for the second edition of The Bastion. A fiendishly difficult course lies in store for ... «Beyond Going Long, Jul 15»
Syria regime forces enter rebel bastion Zabadani
It is the last major opposition position in the Qalamun region, which runs along the border with Lebanon and was once a bastion for the rebels. «Al-Arabiya, Jul 15»
Claims of Ethnic Cleansing as Kurds Battle Islamic State
Less compared to 200 IS protectors carry on the locality an they can leave with limited reinforcements from the originial and group's bastion in ... «Vocal Republic, Jul 15»
Cromer: last bastion of seaside variety in UK
Jane Watkins (centre) with dancers at this year's Cromer end-of-the-pier show. Photo: Al Pulford. Features. by Nick Smurthwaite - Jul 5, 2015. «The Stage, Jul 15»
African American church tradition a bastion of faith and freedom
For those who see religion as primarily an opiate, African American Christianity offers a riposte. For those who see Christianity itself as a faith ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
Hizbullah, Syria regime Forces Enter Rebel Bastion Zabadani
Syrian government forces backed by Hizbullah on Sunday entered Zabadani, the last rebel-held town in the Qalamun region on the Lebanese ... «Naharnet, Jul 15»
Saudi Arabia-led air strike on Yemen rebel bastion kills 23
SANAA: A Saudi-led air strike on a Huthi Shiite rebel stronghold in Yemen's northern mountains killed 23 people early today, tribal sources said ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
Lawmakers buck populace in Confederate flag bastion
EASLEY, S.C. — A muscular white pickup truck was parked along Calhoun Memorial Highway on a recent afternoon, with two red, white and ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»