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Glossary of Terms A layman's guide to calling-card jargon
Leaving the Right Impression Lesley M. M. Blume 2011
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IRS publication 501-which explains exemptions, standard deductions and filing information in what CPA Jim Schnell, a partner at Mengel, Metzger Barr & Co. in Rochester, describes as layman's terms.
Forbes.com: News Meghan Casserly 2011
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Classes where kids bond and help each other out yes, that means that Book Smart Betty can get off her high horse for 2.5 seconds and maybe explain a concept in layman's terms, are the ones where there's an incentive to do well.
Students Sound Off The Huffington Post 2011
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I guess that from a layman's perspective I have one lingering question - how is it that in an age when engineering and drafting was largely done by hand we were able to go from a cold start to putting a man on the moon in a little more than 10 years.
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I wrote a layman's piece on the Huffington Post almost exactly a year ago lamenting "A Deepening Dearth of Lending".
Dennis Santiago: Investors Stuff Mattresses and Wait for US Economy to Find Direction Dennis Santiago 2012
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Classes where kids bond and help each other out yes, that means that Book Smart Betty can get off her high horse for 2.5 seconds and maybe explain a concept in layman's terms, are the ones where there's an incentive to do well.
Students Sound Off The Huffington Post 2011
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In true layman's terms, it was like "shooting fish in a barrel."
Bill Quigley: MLK Injustice Index 2011: Racism, Materialism and Militarism in the US Bill Quigley 2011
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In debate this is called "dropping the argument"; in layman's terms, it means that if you don't address it, you have conceded that your opponent is correct.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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In true layman's terms, it was like "shooting fish in a barrel."
Bill Quigley: MLK Injustice Index 2011: Racism, Materialism and Militarism in the US Bill Quigley 2011
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The Royal Society, the UK's leading scientific establishment, today publishes its own layman's guide to the science of climate change, in the hope of countering the confusion and inaccurate claims that continue to surround the topic.
Royal Society's climate change guide cuts confusion out of the hard science Duncan Clark 2010
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