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I find asking them "Do you like boys?" is a great weeding-out question for some of the younger set.
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I find asking them "Do you like boys?" is a great weeding-out question for some of the younger set.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Batchelor is likewise unapologetic about his inclusion of ideas drawn from European thinkers and theologians, from Heidegger and Husserl to Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann, whose approach to "demythologizing" Christianity helped inspire Batchelor's own search for the historical Buddha and his metaphysical weeding-out of the teachings.
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Batchelor is likewise unapologetic about his inclusion of ideas drawn from European thinkers and theologians, from Heidegger and Husserl to Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann, whose approach to "demythologizing" Christianity helped inspire Batchelor's own search for the historical Buddha and his metaphysical weeding-out of the teachings.
James Rotondi: Buddhist Backlash: Stephen Batchelor Braves The Storm 2010
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And as far as his description of the much smaller turnover in today's universities in general goes, compared with the weeding-out systems of the past, the facts support his analysis.
Failure to Fail 2008
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At Hyattsville, the impending project makes the prospect of moving such a large collection a logistical nightmare, so an intensified weeding-out campaign -- expected to be complete by September -- will bring the collection down to about 130,000 items, Teaze said.
Hyattsville library winnowing collection before renovation Elahe Izadi 2010
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And as far as his description of the much smaller turnover in today's universities in general goes, compared with the weeding-out systems of the past, the facts support his analysis.
March 2008 2008
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Morrell says the Pentagon prefers a system in which new equipment and vehicles are purchased only after a competitive weeding-out process.
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It's a weeding-out process and a growth dynamic that can't possibly apply to government programs unless government programs are regularly allowed to fail, go broke, and be dismantled.
But I Still Disagree with Brad DeLong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I go through the same weeding-out process, though.
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