Word: referents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oscar night." Jackson called on participants in the show to wear a rainbow ribbon to show their support. Co-producer Quincy Jones, who is black, wore a ribbon, but host Whoopi Goldberg did not. Attinger reports that red AIDS ribbons were far more prevalent. Goldberg, however, did refer to Jackson in her monologue: "I had something I wanted to say to Jesse Jackson, but he's not watching, so forget...
...Oscar night." Jackson called on participants in the show to wear a rainbow ribbon to show their support. Co-producer Quincy Jones, who is black, wore a ribbon, but host Whoopi Goldberg did not. Attinger reports that red AIDS ribbons were far more prevalent. Goldberg, however, did refer to Jackson in her monologue: "I had something I wanted to say to Jesse Jackson, but he's not watching, so forget...
...assets include cash and marketable securities of $170,000. Curiously, Whitewater is not mentioned by name as an asset. The statement lists $50,000 as "Real Estate Partial Interest" and $50,000 in "Loans Receivable." It isn't clear what assets these entries describe, but, presumably, they refer to Whitewater. The Clintons don't appear to have owned any other real estate at that time, and the only "investment or holding" identified on Governor Clinton's statement of financial interest, filed with the Arkansas secretary of state, is Whitewater. If the assets are meant to describe their interest in Whitewater...
...Members of PriceCostco and Sam's Club, a unit of Wal-Mart, pay annual fees for the right to get reduced prices on everything from stationery to a side of beef. Now, by enlisting networks of new-car dealers, these discounters are extending the concept to autos. The clubs refer members to dealers, who agree to sell vehicles at a fixed amount over cost. At Sam's Club, where 32 million members pay up to $25 a year, Mildred and Dan Padberg of Tarpon Springs, Florida, figure they saved at least $1,000 on the $22,000 Buick LeSabre they...
...establishment of the Confederacy cannot be glossed over as an attempt to preserve a mere "way of life." It was plainly treason of the highest order. The fact that some Southerners continue to refer to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression" demonstrates either a disturbing lack of historical consciousness or a pathetic denial of reality...