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  • Um eines klarzustellen: MacKay rät nicht zur Sorglosigkeit oder zur Energieverschwendung, sondern zum sinnvollen Energiesparern - etwas, das sich unsere Politiker auch einmal einfallen lassen sollten.

    Oekologismus.de 2010

  • Pentagram hat sich eine schöne Idee einfallen lassen, um Schriften zu promoten.

    Slanted - Typo Weblog und Magazin - Comments 2010

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  • to collapse or cave in: to invade (a country): to set in ( as in night falling or winter setting in): (game birds) to come in; to settle: to join in (as in a piece of music):break in (to a conversation): (thought) occur to somebody. The Wordie process has a resemblance to the phenomenon "einfallen" is attempting to describe.

    November 28, 2008