ZK translation: This seemed almost a rule of order

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Becky and Mark.


On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ladies First, I find, is a 'rule of order' (probably) upon research.
> "unwritten rule' as Becky sez.
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> the tacit dimension of a situation, as one philosopher and another
> sociologist wrote.
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> OED: to bring into a certain state.....rule: to arrange in order. Obs.
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> in math, a procedure...
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> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
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>> Well it’s not Robert’s Rules.  (heh)
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>> Order:    "the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation
>> to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method”
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>> the closely clipped temples were kind of an unwritten rule of that place
>> Artis was in -  done with the result that the faces looked “drawn" and the
>> eyes looked “stranded.”   (Yes,  I read the book but it was when it first
>> came out.)
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>> Becky
>> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
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>> > On Nov 6, 2017, at 2:56 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > C'mon, peoples, as my International Law professor calls us, help out
>> here.
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>> > On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Mike Jing <
>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > P52.13-19   I reached forward and took a teacup from Ross and handed it
>> to Artis. We three. Someone had trimmed and combed her hair, clipping it
>> close to the temples. This seemed almost a rule of order, accentuating the
>> drawn face and stranding the eyes in their dilated state. But I was looking
>> too closely. I was trying to see what she was feeling, in spirit more than
>> body and in the wisping hesitations between words.
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>> > What does "rule of order" refer to here? This seems to be an
>> interesting metaphor.
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