Hi Harald, On 2010-01-19 16:26, Massa, Harald Armin wrote: > """[...] their business model required them to run all their hotels > at maximum capacity, and that a 'last man standing' policy would > ensure this always occurred.""" > > Now I would love to learn what a 'last man standing' policy is. > (Googling gave me an article about a movie. Translation would be > "letzter stehender Mann", which I put as in "the one who arrives last > at the hotel will stand through the night", but: what is this phrase > really?
Actually, I didn't look it up before sending my mail to the list but concluded from the context that it probably meant, "Travelogde makes sure all rooms are used, as long as anyone of the staff still stands [=lives]" (as in the expression "to the last man"). An explanation which isn't the same but somewhat similar: http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20773 Stefan _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
