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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas Bar kit from Bombay Sapphire and Barking Irons While serious bartenders tend to assemble their tools piecemeal, we layfolk often fall for the convenience of bar-in-a-box type sets.
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As a basic rule of thumb for we layfolk, it's worth remembering that the guiding principle behind copyright in the United States is that we protect creative works so that people will be encouraged to create even more creative works.
When Remix Politics Lands You in Court: The Latest Twist in the Fairey-AP Case 2009
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The vast majority of Asian layfolk are happy with the Novus Ordo liturgy, with or without incultration.
FABC to call for the use of Asian symbols, melodies and values at Mass 2009
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The vast majority of Asian layfolk are happy with the Novus Ordo liturgy, with or without incultration.
FABC to call for the use of Asian symbols, melodies and values at Mass 2009
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(Don't worry, this one is understandable for even layfolk.)
Tim O'Reilly's Three Insights into the Drupaling of the White House Scola, Nancy 2009
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I believe layfolk think of scientists as somehow different from "ordinary" people.
Why I hate Darwin’s beard Darren Naish 2007
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Or, to frame it for those of us who are layfolk, let's imagine the state of U.S. broadband is actually the TV show Lost.
Post-Stimulus Broadband Ecology: Fewer Smoke Monsters, More "Others" Scola, Nancy 2009
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The local "shepherd of the flock," as my mother scornfully refers to him, was as ignorant and bigoted as the layfolk.
Archive 2008-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008
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The local "shepherd of the flock," as my mother scornfully refers to him, was as ignorant and bigoted as the layfolk.
Sisu Walter Jon Williams 2008
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Stories about animal behavior were collected from a variety of people, including military officers, amateur naturalists, and layfolk, and were compiled and used as evidence for a particular cognitive capacity in that species.
Animal Cognition Andrews, Kristin 2008
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