Word: reference
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...that the press flacks tried to explain the remark as a reference to Bush's concerns about any future deals with North Korea, even though he used the present tense. Hence the "that's how the President speaks" remark, implying that he characteristically uses the present tense to refer to the future - a formula in which "I'll do it now" presumably means the same thing as "It can wait till tomorrow...
...administration. In the few cases where the pill has been ineffective, the practitioners have had to perform surgical abortion procedures; in others, surgery was needed as a result of heavy bleeding. UHS does not administer abortions on-site, and given the possibility of complications, it is wise to refer students elsewhere...
...Many conflicts have mental health or psychological issues that arise, and we advise [CRC] on these issues," said Charles P. Ducey, the director of BCS. "The group may also may refer students...
...nutcase fan, working in counterpoint with Elton John, a benevolent marshmallow in a clown suit, still exhaling faux poetics in the "Candle in the Wind" mode. Watching Eminem's body English, I thought of the Japanese expression henna gaijin, which means something like "crazy foreigner," and is used to refer to a Westerner who speaks the difficult Japanese language disconcertingly well. The white boy Eminem must seem henna gaijin to American blacks. He's nearly mastered rap's coiling, low-to-the-ground, ungainly finger-stabbing, a dance of simultaneous ingratiation and defiance meant to suggest... what? A writhing, nasty...
...Outback isn't a specifically defined area, but when Australians refer to it they're talking about country wildly different from the real estate that Ogakor and Kucha call home. Those fortunate tribes have the flowing Herbert River to drink from, wash and cool off in. In the true Outback, water is often found only by digging a hole at the bottom of a rocky outcrop. It can get up to 120 degrees during the day and there is precious little shade. There's no ankle-deep water for a bikini-clad Jerri to lounge in and proclaim "Look...