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  • 17:5517:55, 14 August 2019 diff hist +272 N Talk:prime ministershipShould "The office of a premier or prime minister." be changed to "The period in office of a premier or prime minister." or is this too pedantic a distinction? current
  • 17:5117:51, 14 August 2019 diff hist +342 Talk:premiershipThe first definition currently reads "The office of a premier or prime minister". But the first quotation seems to me to mean 'The period a person holds the office of a premier or prime minister". Is this too pedantic a distinction? current

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  • 01:5901:59, 30 November 2018 diff hist +297 N Citations:rescript"Though he had recently praised his Navy's efforts in an Imperial ''Rescript'', a newer telegram told of Hirohito's anxiety concerning this place, Guadalcanal." :"Neptune's Inferno" by James D. Hornfischer, copyright 2011, 2012 Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition, ISBN 978-0-553-38512-0 page 263
  • 01:5501:55, 30 November 2018 diff hist +252 Citations:implacable* '''2011''' - "Neptune's Inferno" by James D. Hornfischer, copyright 2011, 2012 Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition, ISBN 978-0-553-38512-0 page 345 *:THE BATTLESHIPS WASHINGTON AND SOUTH DAKOTA PUSHED THROUGH the sea with an '''implacable''' ease.
  • 01:5101:51, 30 November 2018 diff hist +276 N Citations:technics"Callaghan placed his faith in people, not ''technics'', a preference that was expressed by his selection of the ship that led his column." :"Neptune's Inferno" by James D. Hornfischer, copyright 2011, 2012 Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition, ISBN 978-0-553-38512-0 page 266
  • 01:4701:47, 30 November 2018 diff hist +367 N Citations:arriviste"When the commander of the 8th Fleet, Rear Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, later expressed concern that the U.S. landings at Guadalcanal might represent a major operation, he was dismissed by headquarters staff as an anxious arriviste. :"Neptune's Inferno" by James D. Hornfischer, copyright 2011, 2012 Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition, ISBN 978-0-553-38512-0 Page 45
  • 01:3701:37, 30 November 2018 diff hist +303 N Citations:wonkery"Having served as director of fleet training just before the war, he was one of the first naval officers to build a career on the ''wonkery'' of modern wave physics." :"Neptune's Inferno" by James D. Hornfischer, copyright 2011, 2012 Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition, ISBN 978-0-553-38512-0 Page 347

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  • 00:4200:42, 12 December 2016 diff hist +405 N Talk:benignityMy paper dictionary indicates this is pronounced be-nig'ni-ty rather than the begign-ity which I would have expected. Hence the request that someone who knows the IPO notation add a pronunciation. current

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