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To "agree to disagree" is to resolve a conflict (usually a debate or quarrel) by having all parties tolerating but not accepting the opposing positions. It generally occurs when all sides recognize that further conflict would be unnecessary, ineffective or otherwise undesirable.
Scott McNealy used the phrase as early as some time between 1983 and 1991, as part of the line "Agree and commit, disagree and commit, or get out of the way". [3]: 39 [4] The concept has also been attributed to Andrew Grove at Intel. [5] [6]: 112 [7]
Korean - 해가 서쪽에서 뜨겠다(haega seojjogeseo teugeta) means “Sun might rise from the West”, commonly used as a response to a news that something improbable happened. Lombard (Milanese dialect) – quand pìssen i òch ("when the geese will piss"), refers to the fact that geese do not urinate. [citation needed]
Setting this up can also be very expensive, though, and the heirs would all need to agree on an appraiser, a value and a timeline for the sale. If the house isn’t in probate Probate can take a ...
They even go so far as to state support for an outcome they do not want. A common phrase related to the Abilene paradox is a desire to not "rock the boat". Like in groupthink, group members jointly decide on a course of action that they would not choose as individuals. However, while in groupthink, individuals undergo self-deception and ...
ka tama-ŋɔ river-prox. in- ka this ka tama- ā -ŋɔ river-pl-prox. in- ka - ā these ka tama-ŋɔ in- ka / ka tama- ā -ŋɔ in- ka - ā river-prox. this / river-pl-prox. these In this example, what is copied is not a prefix, but rather the initial syllable of the head "river". By language Languages can have no conventional agreement whatsoever, as in Japanese or Malay ; barely any, as in ...
From the poem by Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Not long for this world [1] Will die soon; have little time left to live Old-fashioned Not with us anymore Dead Euphemistic: Off on a boat [5] To die Euphemistic: Viking Off the hooks [2] Dead Informal British. Not to be confused with 'off the hook' (no longer in trouble).
The NPS has been "stretched thin" since 2010, with a 20% reduction in park service staff in the last 15 years, Brengel said. "This means that people have to do collateral duties," Brengel said.