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To use the sport metaphor favored by Justice Roberts, we go along with the umpire if he calls a ball in when it is out by an inch, but not not if it is out by amile.
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Ballenkeiroch's canteen, and marched about half-amile along with them, inquiring into the history and connexions of
The Waverley 1877
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Jacob's amile scared me more than Edwards and if I remember correctly Ed was suppose to have a smile so scary that he had to be careful not to scare peole with it.
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And the specific mechanism is pretty obvious: give a nanny-stater an inch and he’ll take amile.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Paternalism and Slippery Slopes 2009
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