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And to the dumdum who snarked oh-so-cleverly that this is "minutae": not only does this post tell me something I had NO knowledge of in 20 years of union membership-ficore status-but it's pretty damned fasinating as a lesson in politics and people's perceptions of right/wrong vis a vis union dealings.
Financial Core Steve Hulett 2008
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Married life and the minutae of deciding whose turn it is to do dishes, walk the dog, change a diaper?
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The minutae of how God, in His omniscence and omnipotence, established Creation, is beyond the limits of my human intelligence.
Darwin's Birthday...and I'm Late to the Party Andrew Beckner 2009
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The minutae of how God, in His omniscence and omnipotence, established Creation, is beyond the limits of my human intelligence.
Archive 2009-03-01 Andrew Beckner 2009
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As devoted to the minutae as you politicians are, I would think you could at least start the process of speaking.
Matthew Yglesias » Marijuana Legalization More Popular than Key Conservative Leaders 2009
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They underscored that the two are very similar and both have the same hangups with minutae.
'Curb Your Enthusiasm': What was the cringe-iest moment last night? | EW.com 2009
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Much of the book seemed taken up with the minutae of the everyday lives of several scientists which, although written well, did not seem to signify much.
Book Report: Forty Signs of Rain, by Kim Stanley Robinson Ulysses 2010
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The net result was we didn't learn much, other than the minutae of voting for Minnesota's cigarette tax increase.
Republican presidential debate in Iowa - as it happened 2011
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Much of the book seemed taken up with the minutae of the everyday lives of several scientists which, although written well, did not seem to signify much.
Archive 2010-05-01 Ulysses 2010
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They'd never dream of attending conferences about arcane inconsequential minutae, ever, would they?
Why Science Fiction Authors Can't Win Lou Anders 2009
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