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I am not a lawyer, and I have always had problems groking the more vague and broadly-applied legal standards such as strict scrutiny vs. intermediate scrutiny vs. undue burden.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Student Article Topics on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Self-Defense: 2009
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As for all the other keywords - Diva, Princess, Tart, etc. - I understand that it's very GRRL POWER, and I "get" that (hypothetically) the point is to reclaim the old negative words and lend them new, positive meaning, but I highly doubt that the majority of the girls who wear them are groking this.
Body words 2006
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I'm thinking as I read this, how much support for Obama, and the notion that Ayres is "ok by us" is coming from baby boomers who weren't part of the protest scene, but thought it was cool, and now, as they age, wish they were like Ayres, living their youth vicariously here. seeing him as a romantic figure, and not groking the reality of the fact that PEOPLE DIED.
"I understand that there's a deep human impulse to vehemently deny that subliminal messages are effective or even being attempted." Ann Althouse 2008
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The fact that thousands of people are groking RSS is a good thing.
How much has been invested in RSS? « Scripting News Annex 2006
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HTML markup is good at arranging eye-candy, but it isn't really the same as goto, let a=, for/next, if/then for groking what code can be about.
Jimmy Tolkien 2007
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Too bad that those who are in most need to understand the difference are intellectually incapable of groking the significance of the difference between the two viewpoints.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Barber Cancels Ed Schultz’s Debut on Armed Forces Radio 2005
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Perhaps that is my problem with groking this — my personal experience with the two books.
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Perhaps that is my problem with groking this — my personal experience with the two books.
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API, useful for groking a location if you don't know where you are, based on people nearby who do.
Planet Geospatial geobloggers 2009
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You can tell they are very concerned about you groking the business model, they give you a toll free number to ask them what the hell its all about!
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