Word: referents
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...time he had no hope for the future. His mother's death came to stand not only for her removal from his life, which would have been a cataclysm by itself, but also, because of the war, for Schulz's total separation from childhood and home. He would refer to it as a "loss from which I sometimes believe I never recovered...
Having observed and occasionally spoken to both Gore and Bush during this postelection flurry, I was struck that the way they handled this period showed again how different they are, though each admirable in his own way. Gore masters the details; when talking about the contest, he would refer to facts and stories he'd downloaded onto his Blackberry pocket e-mail device. Bush is impatient with distracting details, just as he is with the cedar undergrowth on his ranch, which he clears with a vengeance because it distracts his view of the big picture. Gore personally managed his legal...
...revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Even though, technically, Jesus' birthday is the date in history that divides Christians and Jews, spending Jesus' birthday with Tevye and clan was our holiest holiday-film choice. Granted it is a little disconcerting on Christmas to watch a Russian official refer to the Jews as "Christ killers," or a gang of creepy gentiles boot Tevye and his fellow villagers from the only home they've ever known. Motel the Tailor complains, "We've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives. Wouldn't this be a good time for him to come...
Council members defeated all the amendments except for one that asked the University to contribute more money to student groups. A motion to refer the bill to the Student Affairs Committee--thus delaying the bill until after Lewis brought the increase up with the Committee on College Life--also failed...
...Even so, most important is that the victim find a way to cope with the rape. Undergraduate-operated peer counseling services such as Room 13, Contact and Response can not only refer rape victims to professionally-trained services, but they also provide victims with an often needed core of concerned, yet anonymous, listeners. Harvard itself also offers counseling services through the University's Mental Health Services and the Bureau of Study Counsel...