Word: referring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their otherwise humdrum speech pattern are generally among those who condescendingly mimic these allegedly Brooklyn cockneyisms. How horrified they would be to learn that in England itself, their adopted home, educated speakers are guilty of the same barbarisms." Swallering is quite common among Britons, and even the best people refer to the Indiar Office. But, says Brooklyn's Levine, "it is not considered bad form in England...
...page package of facts ranging from Abbot (how to introduce and refer to)" to "Zones (parcel post)," the handbook may prove to be the best friend the working girl has ever had. It tells...
...sure, in the scene to which you refer, Barbara Allen (played by Miss Northrup) does find herself in a rather compromising position. However, if technical arrangements proceed as they should, the climax shall be left to the imagination of the audience. Warren Brody '52 President, Harvard Dramatic Club
...protesters also rebelled at the description of pre-Civil War Negroes as "a race with exasperating habits" and the characterization of the typical Negro slave as "childlike, improvident, humorous, prevaricating, and superstitious." Finally, they objected to the occasional use of "blacks" to refer to Negroes...
...City Council yesterday wrangled for an hour over a change of zoning beside the University Lutheran Church and heard testimony against the bill from the Church's pastor, Reverend Edward Stemley. The Council finally voted to refer it back to the Committee on Ordinances...