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I would like to find a comparison of the major translations into English of The Art of War, similar to how The_Tale_of_Genji#Selected_English_translations gives an overview of English translations of The Tale of Genji. The section in The Art of War, The_Art_of_War#Notable_translations, only lists the translations and does not make a comparison between them. Thank you for any help on this. 159.196.100.171 (talk) 01:50, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
While working on a Wikipedia page I found a paragraph in this article in the December 11, 1976 New York Times:
The prostitution inquiry he said, stemmed from a recent visit to Utica by Prince Fahad of Saudi Arabia. Mayor [of Utica, New York] Hanna said that during the visit, he took the Prince to some nightclubs in the city “and the nightclub owners and the prostitutes there tried to hustle me.”
"Prince Fahad of Saudi Arabia" is also mentioned in an article two days later. I want to determine, or at least narrow down, who is meant by that. It's not essential for the page I'm writing (and might amount to WP:OR by the time we're done) but my curiosity is piqued.
"Fahad" is an alternate form of Fahd. There are several Fahds who are members of the House of Saud and have Wikipedia pages: there may be more that don't have their own page. It's probably not Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who was Crown Prince at the time. More likely it's one of the lower-profile businessman Saudi princes, although nearby Griffiss Air Force Base was open at the time so it could conceivably be one of the military officer princes. Saudi businessmen princes have had interests in the Utica area: one invested in Zogby International at one point. It is also within the realm of possibility that Mayor Hanna just made up this story out of whole cloth. Apocheir (talk) 02:48, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
Historically it was common for most sources to say that China was larger, but now more sources are saying the United States is larger. Any reason?? I would guess the most likely reason is that the figures for the United States are defined as including all of the Great Lakes. Any other reasons?? Georgia guy (talk) 11:42, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
Basically, you started seeing that the US was larger because in 1997 the CIA World Factbook changed the basis on which the US's area was counted, while still claiming to be using the same method for all countries as they did before. See this note in the List of countries and dependencies by area. --174.89.12.107 (talk) 03:07, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
I've found only the surnames and military grades of those characters I've asked days ago: Kolbe, Haans, and Helm. Please, can you search about their full names, dates of birth and death, etc.? Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.252.44.223 (talk) 12:04, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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That you find out objectively, people prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla ice cream, people prefer cherry flavor over blueberry flavor, however, if you mix them up in a criss cross, you get opposite results: people objectively prefer blueberry vanilla over cherry chocolate. Do we have a name for this kind of paradox? Thanks. Should be a wrap of questions for now. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 13:43, 6 January 2023 (UTC).
Whatever post was most powerful at the time (Senate majority leaders apparently didn't exist in the 1800s and 1700s). Did the legislators ever fail to elect someone in the first vote like the current House Speaker elections? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:59, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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(edit conflict) The king doubled down on his claim to be champion of all faiths in his Christmas message when he said:
The sentiment echoed that of Janice Mansur in Notícias em português on St Patrick's Day:
(How long will we go to the Churches, to the Temples, to the Synagogues, to the Mosques, to the Squares, to learn to love the neighbour, if we don't see our neighbour who is so close and don't relate to him with less egoism and/ or love of truth?) Yet Charles fixed a Saturday for the coronation despite Friday and Saturday being historically the least popular days for the ceremony (see list below), a convention which allows Jewish people to participate to the full. Making the day a bank holiday aids participation for all, so why did he choose Saturday, the one working day in the week which cannot be a bank holiday? And why have a bank holiday on the following Monday as arranged when no ceremonies are scheduled for that day? Coronation dates (all Sunday except where stated): 11.5.973, 31.3.978, Wednesday 25.4.1016, 6.1.1017, 3.4.1043, Friday 6.1.1066, Monday 25.12.1066, 26.9.1087. 5.8.1100, Thursday 26.12.1135, 19.12.1154, 3.9.1189, Thursday 27.5.1199, Tuesday 28.10.1216, 19.8.1274, 25.2.1308, 1.2.1327, Thursday 16.7.1377, Monday 13.10.1399, 9.4.1413, 6.11.1429, 28.6.1461, 22.6.1483 (cancelled), 6.7.1483, 30.10.1485, 24.6.1509, 20.2.1547, 1.10.1553, 15.1.1559, Monday 25.7.1603, Thursday 2.2.1626, Tuesday 23.4.1661, Thursday 23.4.1685, Thursday 11.4.1689, Thursday 23.4.1702, Monday 20.10.1714, Wednesday 11.10.1727, Tuesday 22.9.1761, Thursday 19.7.1821, Thursday 8.9.1831, Thursday 28.6.1838, Saturday 9.8.1902, Thursday 22.6.1911, Wednesday 12.5.1937, Tuesday 2.6.1953.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.173.58 (talk) 19:27, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
It says the coronation is when Charles "officially becomes king".
Just to clarify, observant Jewish people will not be able to "participate to the full" in this coronation because it's on a Saturday. Those who might have wished to join the crowds cannot use transport, money or carry objects (food, water, etc) through the streets, and those who wish to follow the events on TV, radio or internet are prohibited from doing so until late on the Saturday night. I am pretty sure the OP meant that, but the text got a bit tangled and implied the opposite. However, as there are so few Jews in the UK at all (approx half of one percent of the population), and an even tinier percentage of that number are observant, I'm not sure this should be a key consideration in setting a public event. Incidentally, King Charles has made a significant move to accommodate Jewish representation at the ceremony, by inviting the Chief Rabbi to stay at Clarence House the night before the event, so that the rabbi can both fulfil Jewish law and get to the ceremony. Here's a comment piece about it, noting Charles' interesting approach to his role as fidei defensor ([6]). --Dweller (talk) Old fashioned is the new thing! 10:06, 10 January 2023 (UTC) |
Is there any overall data on how the indigenous voters of Chile voted in the 2022 Chilean national plebiscite on the new proposed constitution? A data on how the Mapuche voters voted would also be really helpful. StellarHalo (talk) 23:25, 6 January 2023 (UTC)