Word: referents
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PETER MANDELSON, E.U. Trade Commissioner, lamenting U.S. and E.U. moves to refer the trade fight between Boeing and Airbus to the World Trade Organization
Visitors to new zealand these days might be excused for wondering if it really is English they speak there. The accent is but a minor distraction; it's the words that stop newcomers in their tracks. Newspapers refer casually to tikanga (Maori culture) and kaupapa (philosophy or plan). TV hosts open and close their shows with haere mai (welcome) and ka kite ano (see you later). Acquaintances say they're flat out with mahi (work) and have a hui (meeting) to get to. John Macalister, a writing teacher at Victoria University of Wellington, returned to New Zealand in 1997 after...
...comedian recalls his days as The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue, including a summer job in the Catskills: "The key dynamic in the frenzied kitchen was that everyone hated everyone else ... [The chef] would habitually refer to us by screaming what our order was. 'Hey, tuna salad, pick up already! You too, pickled herring...
...matter discussed at the Security Council, Iran would have to be reported by the IAEA as in breach of its NPT obligations. Right now it's unlikely the U.S. and the Europeans would be able to muster the votes on the IAEA board of governors to refer Iran to the Security Council. The developing countries on the board are increasingly critical of what they see as efforts to use the NPT to enforce a nuclear-weapons monopoly on the part of the current nuclear-weapons states, rather than the treaty's original intent, which was to facilitate global disarmament...
...biggest gaffe of all, of course, would be if he took heed of the President’s daughters’ revelation at this year’s Republican Convention that their parents call each other “Bushy.” Although this name may endearingly refer to their famous last name, I would go out on a limb and say it’s not the most flattering adjective your boyfriend could...