Word: gleaned
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dangerous ground." Still others argue that if you censor erotica, the public will find other ways of getting it - and that could drive the trade underground, either into speakeasy-type establishments or onto web sites serving up such fare. But even First Amendment advocates must have been able to glean some entertainment value from the case - after all, it's not every day that you hear Sandra Day O'Connor pontificate on the erotic value lost when a naked woman dons a G-string...
...transition. In time we're going to glean so many benefits...All implementations are bumpy. We're so lucky that we have the resources to deal with bumps...
...first case in which the SEC has arrested investors for conspiring online, Freeman is said to have used his position as a temp at two Manhattan brokerages to glean information on mergers and acquisitions, information he then passed on to other investors in return for 10 percent of the profits. Not that he got the full kickback - an estimated $70,000 to $110,000 is said to have flowed into his mailbox via cash stuffed in unsigned birthday cards. "The SEC has been very interested in the area of fraud over the Internet, and this case is just an extension...
...Natalies are most bothered by sneaky devotees desperately hoping to glean information through questions such as, "Which high school did you go to?" or "What is your concentration?"--simply hoping to discern Portman's address without directly saying the P-word. Others pretend to be prefrosh with eager questions about attending Harvard or some clever lovers "mistakenly" chose Portman as a random e-mail confidante...