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  • Initial speculation is that the tablets will be used to view rather than create content, putting them seemingly and squarely into ARM’s balliwick.

    Will The iPad Kill The Laptop? Darcy Travlos 2010

  • We definitely need an economics specialist as this sort of thing is way outside of my balliwick.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Post Wave Economy 2010

  • Energy research and discovery, well that would be the Dept of Energy balliwick.

    You, You, You Spend too Much! - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009

  • I get the point, but the negative experience seems to fall somewhere in the same balliwick with not getting along with a teacher or being bullied at school — the tough stuff about growing up that ought not usually be solved by resort to the courts — oh yeh, the ACLU took care ofthat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » No First Amendment Problem With Excluding Turkey-Friendly Materials from an Armenian Genocide Curriculum: 2009

  • When Rob writes of increased violence, corruption and increased general slime-ball activity in his balliwick ...

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  • When Rob writes of increased violence, corruption and increased general slime-ball activity in his balliwick ...

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  • When Rob writes of increased violence, corruption and increased general slime-ball activity in his balliwick ...

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  • When Rob writes of increased violence, corruption and increased general slime-ball activity in his balliwick ...

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  • Just a hint John, try focusing on the Jay Inslee vs. Larry Ishmael race since it's in your balliwick.

    Sound Politics: Darcy Burner untethered on TV 2006

  • When Rob writes of increased violence, corruption and increased general slime-ball activity in his balliwick ...

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  • On the new UK (Jersey) £5 coin are the words "Eliazabeth II--Balliwick of Jersey".

    What does 'BALLIWICK' mean ?

    Bastion-Stalwart-Castle-Keep etc spring to mind but does anyone know the correct meaning of this word ?

    January 17, 2013

  • See bailiwick

    January 17, 2013