Word: referents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, the major problem with this attitude is that it locks individuals into a certain subset of the population. One's identity is automatically assumed as Crimson or Advocate or Republican Club, and all other perspectives or experiences are ignored. People still refer to me as "that U.C. girl," even though my affiliation with the U.C. is only one part of my composite identity...
...wife and I, who not that long ago were suspected of being part of The Eastern Media Elite, have been transformed into The American People. Surveys on the White House scandal reflect our views precisely. When the Sunday talk-show commentators whom I refer to as the Sabbath Gasbags pontificate confidently on how The American People are going to respond, the Gasbags are always wrong. In January my wife and I sometimes had to wait for a survey result to find that out. Not anymore. We now realize...
...Storage Depot, 264 Monsignor O'BrienHighway, manager Martin Minerva said many requestsarrived last season for student storage--so manythat they had to refer many to a sister store inQuincy...
...once again, and not like some potted plant. Within days after the Lewinsky scandal broke, Hillary was on the Today show shouting her husband's praises. But for weeks now, there have been only perfunctory remarks during icy cameo appearances, bad body language and her failure to refer to the President with her usual "my husband" at a Moscow event...
...fast forward with too few editors who press the pause button." In a realm where the impatient reader can download the relevant information (say, the Starr report) within minutes of its release, the multimedia corporations live and die based on whether they can attract consumers quickly and refer them to the other resources and media outlets they...