Word: referents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American G.I. is honored, then the people who hold the century's most influential position should be as well. I refer to the humble teacher. This century has seen exponential growth in knowledge, science and education. The greatest crusade has been against ignorance and illiteracy. There is no Nobel Prize for Education, yet were it not for teachers and the growth of universal education, this world would be much less advanced. R. LINKIEWICZ Dolans Bay, Australia...
...moved from middle school to high school, however, I noticed that expectations for my summer plans increased. It started with my summer at the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, a summer I still refer to as "nerd camp...
...tattooed snake that creeps up his left forearm. But the uncapturable horror of the alleged serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez is his rage. Investigators shy away from discussing the "commonalities" among his victims--at least five of them, perhaps more, over the past seven months. But they obliquely refer to the way his victims are beaten to death by blunt instruments, which can include brutal blows by the killer's hands and feet. Says Mike Cox, spokesman for the department of public safety in Texas: "It takes a lot of rage to beat someone to death if the killer knows...
...enough. The U.S. team is deep, many having played together for more than a decade. Defender Joy Fawcett has had two children in her dozen years on the team. During the Cup, Mommy will be off, kicking some butt. The words team chemistry here don't refer to drug tests. "You develop a bond that comes from spending too much time together," laughs Julie Foudy, a.k.a. "Loudy," 28, the motormouth midfielder who is available after practice to provide wicked commentary on her teammates' lives. Foudy sealed the Denmark victory with another left-footed bomb, courtesy of a pass from Hamm...
...speaks about her projects with the enthusiasm and slang teenagers might use to refer to the latest fashions or music videos. She says that her Chinese composition will be "really cool" and declares with the insolence of a Vogue fashion editor that she is drawn toward shorter pieces because "symphonies are just not in anymore...