Word: refering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Days later I visited "a big brigade" in the province of Hubei that was beginning to refer to itself, not as a brigade but, again, as a cun, a village. The brigade chief, a bald-headed veteran Communist, explained once more that peasants could now decide on their own crops and routines. "Responsibility" made them care about the harvest. Then, as an afterthought, he added, "It is not only the attention of the farmer that helps. He now uses his own organic material, also the organic material of the chickens and buffaloes to enrich his fields." I read very precisely...
...Soviet interceptors are notorious fuel guzzlers. Even with extra drop tanks, their endurance is brief; the maximum flying time for both an Su-15 and a MiG-23 is just under an hour. As a result, the nervous pilots refer repeatedly to their remaining fuel levels throughout the 50 min. of elapsed time reflected in the transcript...
...just as tough on outside suppliers. While developing software for the Personal Computer, workers at Peachtree Software in Atlanta began to refer to the company by another three initials, KGB, after IBM ordered the installation of pa per shredders and locked security areas. Microsoft, which also developed software programs for the PC, had to stiffen its procedures after IBM conducted an unannounced inspection and discovered that part of the then secret computer had been temporarily left unguarded...
Unlike the suburbs, many of which consist solely of 20th century buildings, the ruburbs harbor run-down Victorian-and Federal-era homes that natives often refer to by the name of the families who built them a century ago. They are advertised as "handyman's specials," and newcomers are dazzled by their charm and possibilities. Young homeowners cannot afford to have tradesmen restore them, so they hammer and paint in their own spare time. Conversation at backyard barbecues focuses not on which country club is the "right" one but on discoveries like Rube Goldberg plumbing in the bathroom...
...danger of formal education eclipsing real life was personified for me during my first year back by a trio of graduate students whom I shall refer to as the Three Blind Mice...