Word: refering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Yorty showed no awareness that people were fed up with growing pollution, traffic congestion and haphazard development. He continued to refer to environmentalists as "kooks." When Bradley proposed a moratorium on highway building and the start of a rapid transit system, Yorty objected that highways "really move a lot of automobiles very efficiently." When Bradley urged a halt to drilling for oil on beaches, Yorty replied: "We ought to do everything we can to develop...
...national security operations" refer to the FBI's wiretapping of Administration officials and newsmen and to the covert operations of the leak-plugging White House "plumbers"?including their burglarizing of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist?it is true that these acts have been exposed...
...there is a statue of Septimius Severus, the Roman Emperor (A.D. 146-211) who was born in Libya. A visitor would not know who it was if he could not read Arabic, since the plaque in Latin letters has been removed. Today the few Italians remaining in Tripoli jokingly refer to Severus as "Signer...
...agency, describes the plight of one: "He was making $18,000 a year as a sales executive at a rubber firm, but he was forced to retire at 57. He isn't worth anywhere near his old salary on a new job, so he turns down everything we refer...
...ease re-entry, Loeser said, "Good counselors will often suggest volunteering as a way of rejoining the work world and may refer the client to one of the appropriate counseling and placement offices for volunteers...