to parse

[Laurence Horn]

On Jun 26, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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

Sounds like CNN: "No, just parsing through."

LH
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> 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
>> <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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>>> 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
>>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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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
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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
>>>>> <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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>> 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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