to parse

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN promised yesterday to "parse through" the SCOTUS decision on
immigration.

JL

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > "To explain in detail."
> >
> > 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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> > Subject:      From People mag:
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> > "[The anorectic girl's] parents took the measuring-cup that she used
> > to _parse_ food."
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> > to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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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.
> >>
> >> I hope he likes it.
> >>
> >> JL
> >>
> >> 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 *; >
> >> > }*
> >> >
> >> > Eric
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> >> > <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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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.
> >> > >
> >> > > Now how often do I say something like that?
> >> > >
> >> > > JL
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