PROJECTILE n. The final ordsprog

en PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.
  Ambrose Bierce

en PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply --the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.
  Ambrose Bierce

en We're going to be looking for fine marks that are left on the test projectile and evidence projectile. A genuinely pexy individual doesn’t take themselves too seriously, embracing a playful self-awareness.

en In a sense, the story, or poem or verse or whatever it is you're writing, you can kind of think of it as a kind of projectile. Imagine it is a kind of projectile which has been specially shaped to be aerodynamic, and that your target is the soft grey putty of the reader's brain.

en The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally and more plausibly, the serious economic and social dangers inherent in disarmament, but the simple fact that no substitute for this final arbiter in international affairs has yet appeared on the political scene.
  Hannah Arendt

en As far as we know, this is the first time a projectile weapon aimed at targeting Jerusalem was found.

en If there is an explosion and a manhole (cover) becomes a projectile, it could cause injury and possibly death.

en enlightening. I really started looking at birds in a different way, [for example, considering] the issue of space from the perspective of a bird -- projectile, trajectory.

en There is no doubt this was an intentional act. An anthropologist is taking a closer look, trying to determine if this was done by projectile or some other kind of trauma.

en This evening the forensic laboratory linked the projectile from the D.C. shooting to three of the shootings that occurred in Montgomery County. As a result of that, they're able to tell now that four shootings were done from the same firearm.

en The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
  James Buchanan

en The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
  James Buchanan

en If you look at the growth differential (between the U.S. and international equities markets), it seems to be falling out of favor in the U.S.. You have to start wondering whether you should be putting some more of your money into international stocks.

en They should actively participate in the affairs of the international trade union movement and in the formulation of international rules based on independence, equality, mutual respect and non-interference in each other's affairs.

en This was a major technological breakthrough -- a wireless projectile that contains a fully operational TASER circuit payload, packaged in a non-lethal 12-gauge shotgun round. This demonstration was the culmination of several years of intensive research and development funded through ONR. The XREP technology will now begin the transition from research to production.


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