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Can anyone explain to me why Obama would even bother to fight over this in court as he has so far done instead of quickly disproving it with the asked for documentation which by the way we Americans are more than entitled to see and examine, that is unless he feels he has something terrible to hide from the world?

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  1. transitive verb To observe carefully or critically; inspect: examined the room for clues.
  2. transitive verb To study or analyze: examine a tissue sample under a microscope; examine the structure of a novel; examine one's own motives.
  3. transitive verb To test or check the condition or health of: examine a patient.
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  • Remove an article of clothing, examine, and then replace the clothing. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Two new plays -- 'Conjunto' and 'Legacy Codes' -- examine the plight of American citizens in compelling ways.
  • In simple words: "Making Money With Ppc" Tool performs an auto-research on the top search engines - first it asks for a specific keyword (s) that you would like to examine, and then it starts collecting all relevant PPC-Ads that are being triggered following that. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • You tell it who's PPA to examine, and what source package to get the information for, and it tells you what versions are available. —  Planet Ubuntu
  • In this article we will explain, examine, and benchmark Python's threading support, and discuss the much maligned Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). —  Planet Python
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  1. Middle English examinen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre, from exāmen, a weighing out, from exigere, to weigh out; see exact.

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  1. Formerly also examin; from Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, French examiner = Provencal Spanish Portuguese examinar = Italian esaminare = Dutch examineren = German examiniren = Danish examinere = Swedish examinera, from Latin examinare, weigh, ponder, consider, test, examine, from examen (examin-), the tongue of a balance, a weighing: see examen.
  2. from examine, v. Cf. examen.
 

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