Word: referring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next three categories Forrester identifies refer to the employment characteristics of the city's inhabitants...
...commission's interim report dated July 1, 1971 makes no reference to the mayor. The quoted statement must refer to a press conference remark made by me-speaking for myself and not the commission-relating to the ultimate responsibilities of the city's chief executive officer. The mayor immediately concurred with my observations, affirming his responsibility for every agency of the city government...
...imperial family costs the National Treasury $10 million a year for upkeep, but not many Japanese seem to mind. An opinion survey conducted some years ago showed that 62% either "felt warmly inclined towards the Emperor" or "held him in worshipful regards." Many younger Japanese, however, unworshipfully refer to him as "Ten-chan," or "Heavenly...
...straight reporting is puzzling to me. To answer her points in order: 1) The listing of DiCara's strengths was an almost verbatim paraphrase of the listing given me by his campaign manager. Grillo cleverly omits one-third of the listing: the word "liberal," which is ordinarily taken to refer to a candidate's political beliefs. 2) My listing of DiCara's appearance was not a slur, but merely an observation that he did not lit the image of the Harvard grandee. I submit that this image does exist, and that it would be a minus factor if DiCara conformed...
...careful in his speech not to trample on any cherished Faculty prerogatives. Before discussing his educational ideas, he assured his audience that he didn't "mean to slight the value of research or underestimate its importance." He assured them that "Harvard students overwhelmingly refer to books as their primary source of education...