mission;  errand;  task;  duty;  obligation
 life;  existence;  (one's) working life;  career;  life force;  lifeblood
 the Industrial Revolution
 order;  command;  decree;  (software) instruction;  statement
 fate;  destiny;  predestination
 proposition;  thesis;  notion;  problem;  issue;  challenge
 transient life;  ephemeral existence
 appointment;  nomination;  ordination;  commission;  designation
 (direct) hit;  hitting the mark
 favorite (to win);  favourite;  likely winner;  one's heart's desire;  first choice
 end of life;  death;  annihilation
 God's will;  heaven's decree;  mandate of Heaven;  one's life;  one's lifespan
 flight from one's country;  seeking asylum;  defection;  emigration (for political reasons);  (going into) exile;  becoming a (political) refugee
 remainder of one's life;  one's remaining days;  time left (to live)
 strict order;  peremptory command
 anniversary of a person's death;  monthly return of the date of someone's death
 receiving an official appointment;  being appointed (to the post of)
 under the orders of;  by order (command)
 sparing a life;  clemency;  reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
 ruler's orders;  master's orders
 ruler's orders;  master's orders
 imperial command;  royal command
 extraterrestrial life;  ET
 another or separate order
 span of life;  one's term of existence;  destiny;  fate;  assigning a name to a number
 the orders of one's ruler
 divine command;  heaven's will
 feudal decree;  edict by a daimyo
 imperial command;  government order
 gracious command or words
 unnatural or untimely death
 agricultural revolution;  agrarian revolution
 something somebody said;  nature of something somebody said