to parse

[Dan Goncharoff]

Go parse...
DanG


On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> It's the hot new, fun new way to say "determine; understand exactly":
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> 2007 http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=829406 L I'm thinking
> it's probably the Onkyo 604, but I can't seem to parse whether the hum
> issues only pertain to the 804 (and the 684?).
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> 2009
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> http://www.prefixmag.com/media/jesus-christ-the-indie-band/is-this-really-what-you-want-audio/33222/
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>  It's probably best to not even try to parse whether or not this band
> meant to be ironic.
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> 2010
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> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704756804575608733870097728.html
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>  The refocus comes at a time when booksellers are trying to parse
> whether digital
> sales are cannibalizing hardcover and paperback sales.
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> 2012
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> http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007219&docId=l:1652190394&isRss=true&Em=4
>  : That seems like an impossible thing to parse, this $900,000 plus dollars
> donated to Rielle Hunter. How do you parse whether or not that was done to
> avoid humiliation or continue his campaign?
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> JL
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