Word: referents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best tradition of Gilbert and Sullivan to update lyrics and dialogue to refer to contemporary events; that the sole efforts of this show are on the level of forcing the Grand Inquisitor to say things like "wicked awesome" and of a lame reference to Oprah will indicate the level of wit the show aspires to. There a few redeeming moments: the entrance of the Plaza-Toros is well staged and choreographer Susanna Witt's staging of the blind man's bluff dance is clever. Overall, however, the actors succeed by overcoming the direction, not because...
...also known as the "Artfart" or "Pseudointellectual." For habitat, the artfart prefers the Advocate Building. WHRE, the Signet Society and Adams House, but the majority never get this far and are forced to subsist in dining halls and common rooms across campus. They are the only species that can refer to anything from rhyme scheme to melody as an "issue...
Professor of English and Comparative Literature Barbara E. Johnson, who signed the letter to Rudenstine, said the decision to refer to the letter's signatories as "gay and lesbian members of the faculty" excluded the straight supporters of its stance from signing...
...referral committee has been one of the most important and effective cost-cutting measures, according to many doctors. Before its advent roughly three years ago, doctors say, the health service would lose track of people sent to specialists outside UHS. In many of these instances, specialists would refer people to other specialists, and UHS would be stuck with the bill for each additional visit...
...What used to happen was...we'd refer the patient outside and lose control," says Dr. Mary Wolfman, who sits on the referral committee. "It's a way of containing costs but it also benefits the care that people have gotten...