to parse

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "To explain in detail."
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> CNN asks a Republican spokesman whether Bain Capital is "something Mitt
> Romney needs to go through or parse through" for voters.
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> JL
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> "[The anorectic girl's] parents took the measuring-cup that she used
> to _parse_ food."
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> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> It's scholarly *and* lucid. The chapter on prehistoric art is interesting
>> (like the rest of the book) but a little too long for the context, IMO.
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>> I hope he likes it.
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>> JL
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>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com>
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>> > Thanks, I just ordered a copy--at a bargain--from Amazon. My hospitalized
>> > brother will enjoy it I'm sure. He loves military History.
>> > Oh yeah, I noticed there were no reviews for this book on Amazon, yet
>> Â *; >
>> > }*
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>> > Eric
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>> > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> > > This gives me the chance to say that, despite "parse" and one or two
>> > other
>> > > oddities I might post some day, Perlmutter's book, on the iconography
>> of
>> > > war, is excellent and informative.
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>> > > Now how often do I say something like that?
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>> > > JL
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--
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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