In real life, though, anger — anger at being shorter than most of his friends, anger at not knowing some secret social code that everyone else seems to know, anger at hot girls who only like "jerks" — dominates my stepson's life.
Mr. Mzoudi has acknowledged knowing some hijackers but he denied knowing their plans.
Mr. Darkazanli admits to casually knowing some of the hijackers through the mosque.
Ms. Olson has denied being a member of the group but has acknowledged knowing some participants.
But despite the fact that these are both ways of knowing, some consider the difference between them to be significant.
(It's knowing some of this background that adds to the pleasure of tasting dishes from, say, Tuscany, Apulia or Veneto).
None of the unfortunate experiences of growing up in the midst of thousands of victims of terror, personally knowing some of them, helped me in that moment.
What is this feeling, she's wondering, this creeping numbness, knowing some disaster is happening in some faraway place when you're standing there doing nothing?
He had grown up knowing some local cures, such as urinating on a foot to alleviate the pain of sea-pencil stings.
"You can't work in Washington 22 years without knowing some lobbyists or socializing with some lobbyists," Mr. Tauzin's spokesman points out.
It's frustrating not to be able to checkmate so knowing some basic techniques, like checkmating with a queen and a rook, is very useful".
