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Fait accompli is a French phrase commonly used to describe an action that is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it. Fait accompli or Fait Accompli can also refer to: fait accompli, the blog of Nick Piombino; Fait Accompli, a racehorse, the 1972 winner of the Perth Cup
ça ne fait rien "that doesn't matter"; rendered as san fairy Ann in British World War I slang. [6] [7] cache a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place (such as in an oubliette). Often used for weapons. cachet lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café a coffee shop (also used in French ...
Thirdly, for many independence was already a fait accompli, they were already de facto independent from the UK, and while the formal vote and the pretty signed paper were a nice touch, the "situation on the ground" was that the U.S. wasn't subject to the British Crown and Parliament any more. They had their own working national legislature (The ...
Fait accompli actions, where actions are justified by virtue of being already carried out, and difficult to reverse, are inappropriate.. The following arbitration ruling was passed 10 to 0 at 23:50, 10 March 2008 (UTC):
Declaration and/or attack without standard, formal procedure, sometimes preceded by a casus belli thus fait accompli; U: State of war arrived at through use of ultimatum; W: Formal declaration of war made.
Germany's policy was to support a swift war to destroy Serbia that would present a fait accompli to the world. [45] Unlike the three earlier cases dating from 1912 when Austria-Hungary had asked for German diplomatic support for a war against Serbia, this time it was felt that political conditions for such a war now existed. [46]
It was a fait accompli that bird common names were capitalised in Wikipedia. Following discussions on Talk:Crowned crane#Requested move, on Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2014 March#Black crowned crane and especially on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Bird common name decapitalisation, it is now clear that the consensus is not to capitalise the common (vernacular) name of all species.
Pubic Fruit is a compilation album by English alternative rock band Curve.It was released exclusively in the United States on 17 November 1992 by Anxious Records and Charisma Records.