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What does handling mean?

handling

the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something (= treatment) the management of someone or something the handling of prisoners the treatment of water sewage the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system

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Simple sentences

Tom isn't handling it the right way.
He was careless in handling his pistol.
She is used to handling this machine.
She's good at handling children.
She has perfected the art of handling difficult customers.
The handling of dynamite is dangerous.
He was found guilty of handling stolen goods.
The experts have long been handling the problem.
How much is the handling charge?
Be careful handling matches!
His handling of the ball borders on wizardry.
Who's the lawyer handling the suit?
Improper transport and handling may cause structural and functional damage of the device.

Movie subtitles

For handling any kind of thing, there is always the proper timing.
I'll be handling all of the transplants.
Mimi, are you the women whose divorce Egbert Fitzgerald is handling?
Say, all I know is handling mugs.
Oh, no. An obsession case I've been handling has become a bit violent.
The charges are that Mr. Deeds is insane and incapable of handling the estate.
We aren't handling a fox, we're handling a man.
I been handling trawl for 20 years, Portegoosie. and I never seen line snarl itself that way, except by human hands.
Don't forget, there are all kinds of grand juries and there's all kinds of ways of handling them.
And with the right handling I think we can even thaw out Mrs. Kirby in time.
If you don't mind my saying so, Miss Judith. it's better if you take charge of the ribbons. and leave the handling of the horses to me.
I been handling' cattle around these parts for quite a spell. and met some of the toughest hombres they got. and I'm still here.
I'll be right with ya. - How 'bout me handling it?
In it he has achieved a greatness in the handling of color and line.
A boy who should be in jail, handling the bank's cash.
Although we have been seeing strictly wire effects here, Sherriff and Whale mix it with intriguing travelling-matte work you've just seen, for the cigarette lighter, the handling of the cigarette and smoking effect.
Ah, but you like him handling you.
I shall mention your efficient handling of the whole affair. You can depend on that.
I'm not accustomed to handling anything so delicate, so valuable.
The charges are that Mr Deeds is insane and incapable of handling the estate.
Seems like he knows a good deal about handling cards.
Don't forget, there are all kinds of grand juries.. andthere'sallkindsofways of handling them.
Who's handling these jobs, you or me or somebody else?
So I'm handling it all myself.
How 'bout me handling it?
We're handling this.
Some of us boys ain't satisfied with the way you been handling things.
Is this your idea of handling men?
We've been handling this insurance for Mr. Dietrichson for three years. and we'd hate to see the policies lapse.
There must be some reason why he isn't handling it this time.
You see, there ain't nothing to handling stallions.
Did you see which one of them was handling the boat?
He was handling it like he had no respect for it. He was Army.

News and current affairs

But, now that the specter of global communist domination has joined other fears - real and imagined - in the dustbin of history, it is surely time for countries to start handling their own affairs.
Nevertheless, in advance of November's presidential election, it is important to distinguish the forces that have shaped Barack Obama's foreign policy, and to assess his handling of them.
For sovereign bonds held by other sovereigns, the Paris Club of creditor countries has developed procedures for handling the debt.
Experience shows that democracies hold the edge over authoritarian regimes when it comes to handling the fallout from crises.
Regulators, recognizing the risks of allowing financial deglobalization to accelerate, have been seeking better means of handling the failure of huge global banks.
They often labor under hazardous conditions, handling poisonous chemicals, inhaling noxious fumes, and hauling excessive weights.
But the way the authorities are handling the epidemic is having the opposite effect.
An insider knows best how to reconcile contrasting interests and how to get the institutional machinery moving again, as Juncker showed with his deft handling of the distribution of tasks among the individual Commissioners.
The EU's handling of relations with Serbia in the past only encouraged intransigence.
So, besides the FDP, this party, too, is profiting from the mainstream political parties' half-hearted handling of the global economic crisis.
The Commission's handling of the GM Europe issue was an excellent example of industrial intervention.
The East German voters were not only impressed by his decisive handling of severe floods in August, but also by his ad hoc neutralism with regard to Iraq in September.
From a public-diplomacy perspective, his handling of the surveillance scandal has been a complete failure.
The Soviet system was particularly inept at handling information.
But a crucial difference between Nakasone and Koizumi is often overlooked: their handling of the Yasukuni controversy and relations with China.
Existing global stockpiles have a destructive capacity equal to 150,000 Hiroshima bombs, and in handling them there is an omnipresent potential for human error, system error, or misjudgment under stress.
For now, however, China, a great country and a growing power, is handling its economic affairs with more sophistication and a surer touch than it is addressing its political challenges.
The Kremlin's handling of the affair is indicative of the tense state of US-Russia relations.
And yet, despite calls by frontline Mediterranean states to establish systems to improve the handling of the crisis and share the burden, little is being done to make things safer for refugees or more manageable for the countries in which they arrive.
The year that has just passed has demonstrated - in the handling of the financial crisis and in trying to tackle climate change - both the need for and the difficulties of creating a new paradigm of global governance.
Hatoyama's inept handling of key national security issues played a key role in his undoing.
At the same time, the ECB has gained considerable credibility from its handling of the global credit crisis.

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