Word: refering
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...Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari announced Thursday that he would refer his nomination for a second term back to the United Iraqi Alliance, the dominant Shi'ite bloc in the new legislature. That opens the way for the Alliance to select a new candidate and break the deadlock created by the refusal of the Kurdish, Sunni and secular blocs, backed by the U.S., to accept a second Jaafari term...
That's quite possible. There's a purity to viral videos that can't be replicated in other media, if you can use purity to refer to a medium that is at least 5% fart jokes. Nothing can force a clip to go viral. It requires an authentic response from a mass audience, and the mainstream is learning to respect that. Soon after their unsanctioned VW spot hit the Net, viral admen Ford and Brooks were hired for a series of spoof political spots for Britain's Channel 4, and they've gone on to work for McDonald...
...were merely a symptom." But he also described his sister as "someone with a natural nobility who was classless, who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic." That statement raised some eyebrows because it seemed to refer directly to Queen Elizabeth, sitting nearby, who had seen to it that the appellation Her Royal Highness was taken from Diana when she was divorced last year from Prince Charles. When Earl Spencer concluded his tribute, applause could be heard outside the abbey. Those inside at the rear then began...
...guests.] Many details of the legislation approved yesterday still need to be ironed out, such as whether courses taken for a secondary field can be double counted for Core requirements or a language citation. After becoming bogged down in debate on that issue yesterday, professors finally voted to refer the question back to the Educational Policy Committee (EPC), the group that drafted the legislation. The EPC was asked to report back to the Faculty in the fall. But despite disagreements over the finer points of the legislation, yesterday’s vote left many professors and administrators beaming, after months...
...head has often been mentioned among those that might roll as part of an extensive makeover being contemplated by the incoming chief of staff, Josh Bolten. In fact, there have been so many reports of his imminent departure since he was confirmed in January 2003 that some people refer to the affable Richmonder as "Job." With that in mind, gauge the temperature of the embrace when President Bush was asked, when the press was brought in at the end of a Roosevelt Room meeting on health-care initiatives, whether Snow was expected to stay...