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  • v  take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
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  • Camp helps kids live with diabetes
    Diabetes is a tough disease on anyone, especially children. Things many children take for granted are a challenge for young diabetics. We visited a local camp that lets kids with the disease have a normal camp experience.
    June 18, 2013 - WDBJ 7 Roanoke
  • Don't Hurt That Robot! How Morality Muddles Perception of a Mind
    Although people can't directly experience the consciousness of another, they take for granted that other people have minds — that others can think, remember, experience pleasure and feel pain.
    June 17, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
  • Atlanta radio hosts fired after making fun of Steve Gleason, who suffers from ALS
    If you're the kind of nimrod who thinks it's humorous to make fun of people suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) -- a disease that mercilessly takes away nearly every bodily function most of us take for granted ... well, … Continue reading ?
    June 17, 2013 - Shutdown Corner via Yahoo! Sports

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