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Word: referring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...losing streak, or The Streak as the Columbia campus has come to refer to the four-year skid, is about to reach record proportions. If the Lions keep on losing, and lose at Princeton on October 10, Columbia will have lost 35 consecutive games...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Those Losin' Lions | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...belief that some percentage of all those mass telegrams could be dismissed as from the people on the fringes of American society. Probably not. Instead the muted criticism of the racist messages reflected the desire of many congressmen to believe in the "Ollie" myth. Those who continue to refer to the telegrams want to go on worshipping the populist myth without facing up to the myth's darker, racist side...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: About Those Telegrams | 7/21/1987 | See Source »

When the White House fosters the violation of our laws, when a TV minister makes a mockery of the teachings of Christ, I do not see how our President can then refer to the Soviet Union as a godless nation. What corner of hell is being reserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Rules Of Conduct | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...joint committee has compiled an interesting list of 26 witnesses for the first phase, which some staffers refer to as an exploration of "Contra, Inc." Secord will be followed by Robert McFarlane, the former National Security Adviser, who has testified extensively about his unfortunate dealings with Iran but not about the secret contra resupply. He was at NSC when the Boland Amendment banned direct military aid to the rebels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hints Of Conspiracy | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Unless Gary has a good memory, it might be advisable for him to carry these questions with him on a clipboard, to which he might refer before engaging in foreplay. Since Gary is a politician, several other do's and don't's should come more easily to him. With sex, as with politics...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Spring Sex Tips | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

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