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#1564
Other expressions such as "falling on your sword" (a form of suicide) related to "death before dishonor" also date back to Spartan/Roman times and related to the "Death before Dishonor" code. For the Samurai, hara-kiri was essentially the same thing.
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Air Force maintenace...
PROBLEM: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement
SOLUTION: Almost replaced left inside main tire
PROBLEM: Test flight OK, except autoland very rough
SOLUTION: Autoland not installed on this aircraft
PROBLEM: #2 Propeller seeping prop fluid
SOLUTION: #2 Propeller seepage normal--#1, #3, and #4 Propellers lack normal seepage
PROBLEM: Something loose in cockpit
SOLUTION: Something tightened in cockpit
PROBLEM: DME volume unbelievably loud
SOLUTION: DME volume set to more believable level
PROBLEM: Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear
SOLUTION: Evidence removed
PROBLEM: Dead bugs on windshield
SOLUTION: Live bugs on order
PROBLEM: Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent
SOLUTION: Cannot reproduce problem on ground
PROBLEM: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement
SOLUTION: Almost replaced left inside main tire
PROBLEM: Test flight OK, except autoland very rough
SOLUTION: Autoland not installed on this aircraft
PROBLEM: #2 Propeller seeping prop fluid
SOLUTION: #2 Propeller seepage normal--#1, #3, and #4 Propellers lack normal seepage
PROBLEM: Something loose in cockpit
SOLUTION: Something tightened in cockpit
PROBLEM: DME volume unbelievably loud
SOLUTION: DME volume set to more believable level
PROBLEM: Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear
SOLUTION: Evidence removed
PROBLEM: Dead bugs on windshield
SOLUTION: Live bugs on order
PROBLEM: Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent
SOLUTION: Cannot reproduce problem on ground
#1570
What Shepard confirmed he'd said to himself before launch was "Don't **** up". It got fancied it up in either the book or the movie The Right Stuff.