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Q: A word for going out in your own way

9unkAre there any words or idiom that means like dying the way you want or dying of your own free will?

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Færd
Færd
03:04
> He and Valentino created a news story in which Iran attacked a U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf, Congress declared war, and the president was presented with the option of sending U.S. troops to march into Tehran, which would lead to many American military fatalities, or dropping a nuclear weapon on an Iranian city to try to end the war.

“Would the U.S. public approve of the use of a nuclear weapon against a city in Iran in an attempt to end a war that the Iranian government had started in response to the imposition of U.S. economic sanctions?” Sagan asked.
Hilarious:
> “Belief in the value of retribution is strongly related to support for using nuclear weapons, and a large majority of those who favor the use of nuclear weapons against Iran stated that the Iranian people bore some of the responsibility for that attack because they had not overthrown their government,” he and his co-author wrote.
I'm at a loss which paragraph to quote. It's all notable in the same measure.
 
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Q: Term for a book on military history or warfare

StandardEyre An atlas is a book of maps. A dictionary is a book of words and their meanings A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary used in conjunction with a map or atlas A grimoire is a textbook of magic In a similar way, is there a single word that describes a book whose principal subject is military? ...

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Q: There's "ghosts" and then there's...?

noClueDespite the tag, I'm actually looking for two words: you have ghosts, which are "otherworldly" in their nature with their intangibility (looking for an adjective), and then you have regular things from our world (also looking for an adjective). I know there are words for both in that context, but...

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Q: Word request: a period of time in which someone's best work was done

CharlieBI'm looking for a word or phrase similar to "opus magnum" or "masterpiece", but refering instead to a period of time in which a scholar or artist made their greatest achievements. For example: Mozart held a variety of positions throughout his life, but many consider his time spent in Vienna...

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11:39
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Q: A term for "professional curiosity"

PickleI am looking for a term that describes a specific type of curiosity, within the context of one's "profession", or "area of expertise". In other words, a level of curiosity that is eg. felt by medical researchers looking for a new cure to a known disease, or mathematicians searching for a new for...

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Q: what should we call the date when a cheque is written?

azerafatiWhen designing the model for an accounting system, one of my colleagues pointed out the name of the column describing the time when a cheque is drawn (written) by the owner. Since I couldn't find a proper name for it I'm asking it here. What do you call a date when a cheque is written? So f...

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Mitch
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15:05
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@Færd the 'using an atomic bomb on foreigners instead of losing native troops in an invasion' was one of the justifications of the bombings of Japan by the US at the end of WWII. So it is an old well-worn thought path in the US. It doesn't address the somehow much more acceptable and much larger coverage of bombing using conventional weapons.
terdon
terdon
15:26
@tchrist have a look at the second example given by the OP in this question:
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Q: "Me" before a first-person conjugation of intransitive verb?

iBugI'm confused about this sentence: Me muero por mirarte. (I'm dying to see you.) FWIW, I would write "muero por mirarte" because "muero" already has the meaning of "I'm dying" and is an intransitive verb, so it makes no sense to me to prepend a "me". What exactly is this grammar? More e...

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And it's in the HNQs, no less.
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15:54
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Q: A word or phrase to describe a race who are naturally inclined to defend the oppressed

D_SI'm looking for a word or phrase that can be used to define a race [of people] who are naturally inclined to defend those (people from another race, religion etc) who are oppressed. For example, the US (meaning the American people),came to the rescue of several European countries during World W...

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Cerberus
Cerberus
16:06
@Færd But what kind of a weird choice is that?
I don't think that's a fair question.
Why not undertake limited military action with little risk instead?
Throw a few bombs on Iranian military vessels or bases.
Someone punches you a black eye. What do you do?
Cerberus
Cerberus
16:22
1. Go to his house and get stabbed in the leg by his mother.
2. Grab an axe and chop off both of his legs.
NVZ
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Would it be a sound question for meta if it's a poll: "What are the reasons for partial answers in comments?" And the answers each will point to one reason alone. Users voting on them shall indicate the voice of the community?
 
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MetaEd
MetaEd
17:53
@NVZ What if the community's answer disagrees with SE policy?
Mitch
Mitch
18:22
@MetaEd Damn the torpedoes and... wait, what does that mean?
For the record, no spoilers, having just seen Blade Runner 2049 a couple days ago,my assessment is:
- not disappointing
- despite having several major strong female characters, it is a rather male friendly movie.
NVZ
NVZ
@MetaEd Uhm, I didn't get you, sorry?
@MetaEd The poll would simply sort the current user base's reasons for posting partial answers. Although the whole idea is against SE's policy of "answers in answer boxes only, please", I don't think any SE CMs are going to involve in our discussion. Our site is too old to have them actively watch over us.
 
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Q: Does a choir partake in / at / on / during / ... a concert?

SvishSo, in a calendar for a choir, I want to add an event for a Christmas concert where the choir will sing (but won't be the only ones who does). What is (more) correct? Participate in Christmas concert Participate at Christmas concert Participate on Christmas concert Participate during Christmas ...

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user72227
user72227
20:02
Please answer my question : english.stackexchange.com/…
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Q: I woke up in morning or I woke up in 'the' morning, what is correct?
user72227Similarly I came to school or I came to the school, what is correct? What is the correct usage of 'the' and when should it be used? I haven't understood it even after years of my experience with English language or should I say the English language?

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Q: I woke up in morning or I woke up in 'the' morning, what is correct?

user72227Similarly I came to school or I came to the school, what is correct? What is the correct usage of 'the' and when should it be used? I haven't understood it even after years of my experience with English language or should I say the English language?

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Cerberus
Cerberus
22:11
@user72227 It's complicated.
When in doubt, use 'the'.
'In the morning' is correct; in morning is incorrect.
But there are many exceptions, like 'in school'.
You should get a learner's grammar book and read up on the use of articles.
terdon
terdon
Damn. That one's hard. Are there actually rules @Cerberus? Isn't it one of those things, like phrasal verbs, which you just need to know?
Cerberus
Cerberus
22:37
@terdon To some extent.
But you can apply some rules to this one.
 
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Færd
Færd
23:43
@Cerberus Because that's not what the US would do if its sovereignty were affronted by such an act of war. It would hit back much harder. Therefore the eye-punching example doesn't accurately fit the scenario here.
What's more, this is the kind of choice that the US has already made before, as @Mitch pointed out. So they wanted to recreate the situation and see whether public opinion has in fact shifted away (as it purportedly has) from the indiscriminate use of weapons of mass destruction or what.
But sure, there could have been another kind of retaliation on the list, as you suggested.

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