to parse

[Jonathan Lighter]

"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.

JL



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.
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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
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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.
> > >
> > > Now how often do I say something like that?
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> > > JL
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