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- noun A prop.
- To stop or block, as a wheel, by placing some obstacle, as a stone, under it to prevent its rolling; scotch.
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Examples
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One scote who assaulted me arlier this year got a pathetic 4 months.
I Love You, But I’ve Chosen Darkness. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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August 2, 2007, 6:34 pm scote says: 2. It might be possible to distinguish the cases based on their proximity to a diagnosable clinical disorder.
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As scote pointed out the statute is hardly narrowly tailored because it criminalizes mere possession of depictions of legal activity in Puerto Rico.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Cockfight Videos: 2007
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In that other discussion we left off with scote asking me Why not run it past a strictly observant Ultra Orthodox Jew?
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July 11, 2007, 7:04 pm scote says: 2. Similarly, there was a concern noted in Osborne v.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Cockfight Videos: 2007
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Ideally you want to do as scote and others have suggested, and resize the picture when you print it out to accommodate the wider paper while keeping the original aspect ratio.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Digital Photo Resizing Bleg — Part II: 2007
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But I would agree with scote that unless you have an administration that is committed to following the law, it is problematic to loosen the law.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: 2007
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August 7, 2007, 1:22 pm scote says: ...he also ignores that cars give off other pollution than CO2 and that they are the most polluting when started up, so a short trip pollutes almost as much as a longer one.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Walking to the Shops ‘Damages Planet More Than Going By Car’”: 2007
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July 12, 2007, 8:35 pm scote says: ...as it is, popular clubs regularly discriminate by using a doorman or bouncer to selectively allow attractive people in with an emphasis on attractive women.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Are “Ladies’ Nights” Discriminatory? 2007
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At 1:42pm ‘scote’ asked me “to justify shooting an unarmed man leaving the scene the back”, as if I could possibly know whether the burglar is armed, whether he intended to come back for a second load of my stuff, and whether if he did so he might decide on second thought to eliminate the witness.
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