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| From | Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Looking at su versus sudo |
| Date | 2014-03-23 12:34 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87a9chjj99.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> (permalink) |
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Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>:
> That may be me "correcting" to Queen's English from an americanism. But
> I'm not totally sure.
>
> Principal = Head/Director - usually of a school or college.
<URL: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/principal>:
[...]
1 : a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading
position: as
a : a chief or head man or woman
b : the chief executive officer of an educational institution
c : one who engages another to act as an agent subject to general
control and instruction; specifically : the person from whom
an agent's authority derives
d : the chief or an actual participant in a crime
e : the person primarily or ultimately liable on a legal
obligationf : a leading performer : star
2 : a matter or thing of primary importance: as
a (1) : a capital sum earning interest, due as a debt, or used as
a fund (2) : the corpus of an estate, portion, devise, or
bequest
b : the construction that gives shape and strength to a roof and
is usually one of several trusses; broadly : the most
important member of a piece of framing
Marko
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Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 13:18 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:24 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 15:45 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 23:11 -0300
Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 09:35 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-21 18:07 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 00:23 -0300
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 10:07 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-22 16:32 +0100
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 19:18 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-23 12:34 +0200
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-23 11:34 +0000
Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-23 13:03 +0100
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