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A last stand is a military situation on which a normally-small defensive force holds a position against a more powerful opposing military force. The defending force usually takes heavy casualties. That can take the form of a rearguard action, holding a defensible location, or simply refusing to give up a position.
The Last Stand is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon (in his American directorial debut). The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role, alongside Forest Whitaker , Johnny Knoxville , Rodrigo Santoro , Jaimie Alexander , Luis Guzmán , Eduardo Noriega , Peter Stormare , Zach Gilford and Genesis Rodriguez .
A last stand is a military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming and virtually insurmountable odds. [1] Troops may make a last stand due to a sense of duty; because they are defending a tactically crucial point; to buy time to enable a trapped army, person, or group of people to escape; due ...
Brian P. Stack (born 1966), Assemblyman, New Jersey state senator and mayor of Union City since 2000 [104] Aaron Stanford (born 1976), actor known for his role as Pyro in the films X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand [105] Allison Strong, actress/singer known for her Broadway work in the musicals Bye Bye Birdie and Mamma Mia! [106] [107]
Chief among the changes was the demolition of the once iconic Union City Dinor at the corner of Main and High streets last fall. The building had been vacant for decades and was purchased along ...
William Vincent Musto (March 27, 1917 – February 27, 2006) was an American Democratic politician who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He was the Mayor of Union City, New Jersey, from 1962 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1982.
Frank Finkel (January 29, 1854 – August 28, 1930) was an American who rose to prominence late in his life and after his death for his claims to being the only survivor of George Armstrong Custer's famed "Last Stand" at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. Historians disagree over whether Finkel's claim is accurate; although he ...
Union City is a city in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's 18th-most-populous municipality, [23] with a population of 68,589, [12] [13] an increase of 2,134 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 66,455, [24] [25] which in turn had reflected a decline of 633 (−0.9%) from the 67,088 counted in the ...