Word: referents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spot to which we refer hailed what the toy megastore probably thinks is a visionary idea: Christmas-list registers for kids. So instead of having to ask little Johnny and Suzie what they want under the Christmas tree, all you have to do is trot over to the superstore and check the register. Perhaps this does make Christmas shopping for the kiddies a piece of fruitcake, but we think some-thing of the spirit of holiday gift-giving is lost in the process. After all, when we at Dartboard were wee tots eagerly awaiting Christmas morn, our biggest fear...
...When I talk to my TFs, I refer to the other people in my section as 'the kids.' I guess it's the mother in me," Ocon says...
...Shapley '99, a candidate for council president, challenged his competitor Beth A. Stewart '00 over e-mail to a duel during which he promised to "redeem myself as an officer and a gentleman by running you through with my rapier, then methodically dispatching that shaggy horde you laughingly refer to as your campaign staff...
...infantile quips used by the boxers fanatics, such as the phrase "tight whities." Surely those who prefer boxers embarrass themselves by resorting to such mudslinging tactics instead of engaging in responsible discourse. Men who prefer briefs argue that they prefer to let their body do the talking (please refer to Calvin Klein advertisements) as opposed to needing loud patterns on their undergarments...
Staff will also provide subway tokens and refer homeless to other Boston shelters...