reference
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“There was a columnist … who documented in depth the situation at MacArthur Park,” Bob wrote in reference to me.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
If the perpetual price is higher than the reference spot price, longs pay the shorts; if the price is lower than the reference spot price, shorts pay the longs.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Still, the reference to 1930s-era Chicago law enforcement was apt, because it was an era of police lawlessness, where unconstitutional practices like the third-degree were justified as necessary to stopping organized crime.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
S&P Dow Jones said that “no changes will be made to the eligibility criteria including financial viability screens, seasoning period, or minimum IWF,” a reference to investible weight factor.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Quintilian is a fundamental reference point for Arnauld: ‘Quintilian and all the other rhetoricians, Aristotle and all the philosophers...’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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