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I am unfamiliar with the word "vetting," and my Microsoft Bookshelf only gives it noun meanings. I gather in the caption below the author means as in "protection" or "surveillance," but it appears to me to be a use of a noun as a verb. What does anyone think?
GwynneF
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> From today's New York Times headlines email:
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> >>Textbook Publishers Learn to Avoid Messing With Texas
> Textbook battles are legendary in Texas, and the latest
> round has involved a coalition of nine conservative
> organizations vetting more than 150 books.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/29/arts/29TEXT.html?todaysheadlines <<
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