Word: referents
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...throughout the years sportswear for NMSU had ranged through various shades of red, necessitating a call to the alumni for input as to what color was preferred for school clothing. “Harvard crimson,” was a convenient way for alumni back in the day to refer to the type of red they preferred for sports clothing...
When regulars at the Institute of Politics (IOP) refer to the “living room,” they’re talking about the spacious holding area for visiting speakers, full of plush couches, fresh cut flowers—and memories of the antics of political prima donnas. When speakers come to the IOP’s forums, they spend an hour or so preparing and meeting with students in the living room before their speech. Caterers arrange a fancy display of soda, snacks and Sam Adams to provide a varied selection for the guests to whet their...
...Cuddly, sexy and cute as hell” is how the Thermals describe themselves. And seriously, how can a group of four twenty-somethings who laugh heartily at the Simpsons, refer to their fellow opening act Circle and Square as “Circle and SquarePants” and swap children’s stories with gleeful abandon be anything but adorable? Guitarist Ben Barnett even sports a tattoo of a ridiculously cute purple rhino from the children’s story “Peanut Butter Rhino...
...irrepressible realists of Condi Rice’s ilk, we refer to the national interest: swelling global hatred toward America will only further increase our foreign military commitments and domestic security threats. These threats have already boosted our national terrorism barometer to Code...
...direction he hoped to take the institution. Summers has since distanced himself from those comments, claiming in a telephone interview that he was “not aware of having used that phrase [but] I did once use the phrase ‘camp counselor’ to refer to some of the functions of House tutors.” Moreover, he added, “One of the great strengths of Harvard is the tremendous involvement of our students in extracurriculars...