Word: reference
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...serious conversation requires attention to conversation and an awareness of body language. The second challenge comes in the intense nature of the themes which he is exploring. Phillips is asking for consideration of subject matters both abstract and frightening, but he makes the journey worthwhile.Phillips has a tendency to refer to classical images and figures, which would be maddening if not for the notes section in the back. This handy reference provides a context for these numerous mentions of otherwise inscrutable symbols. For example, Topaz—a minor figure in ancient myth who was slain by Apollo?...
Also, I should point out that the statement, “Increased availability of condoms has not led to a substantial increase in their use, as such devices carry the social stigma of a lack of trust,” should refer to consistent usage, not to all condom usage. This is an important point—condom use in fact has increased substantially in many places, but unfortunately this has not translated into consistent usage, which remains quite low, or into lower HIV infection rates in Africa’s population-wide epidemics. EDWARD C. GREEN Cambridge, Mass. April...
...cash infusions. If anything like that is true, how well all the medium-sized banks are doing is hardly material. Since Geithner did say that only about $110 billion of the TARP was left in reserve, the water is inching toward the top of the levy. He did not refer to the new IMF data which came out just before his testimony. It said that worldwide banks were facing more severe write-offs. That fact was conveniently left outside the door...
...refer to yourself as a genius in the book. Most people aren't that confident! Where do you get all that self-confidence? Well, it's not a matter of self-confidence. You know you have a series of successes in life, and after a while, you start to say 'I guess you must be pretty smart." But I was being a little bit sarcastic and just friendly when I said that...
...tempting to say that no executive, no matter how accomplished, can fix the nation's largest banks. They can only be fixed when the credit markets themselves are repaired. Antagonists to that way of thinking would refer to Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan (JPM) who they claim can fix anything in the financial world. That point of view fails to admit that he did not break his bank in the first place...