"The cops, they get federal funding by the number of arrests they make — to get the money, you need the numbers," he explained, alluding to, among other things, asset-forfeiture laws that allow police departments to keep a hefty portion of cash and other resources seized during drug busts.
At one point the image of Picasso's "Demoiselles d'Avignon" drifts through the background, a clue to what the synthetic Amazons allude to: among other things, the scary Africanized women in that Picasso brothel scene.
The work of other directors is evoked or alluded to, among them Budd Boetticher (Westbound), Samuel Fuller (Forty Guns), Otto Preminger (Whirlpool), Robert Aldrich (Ten Seconds to Hell), and Bogart is a looming presence.
He added that while "Allah will bless him," foreign "oil diggers will be punished," likely alluding to a perception among some that the West intervened in Libya mainly because of its oil riches.
"Do we think it's a good thing for the ISI to be the first ones out of the box?" an administration official asked rhetorically, alluding to the belief among administration officials that some elements of the ISI may have ties to Bin Laden and the Afghan Taliban.
Alexander Goehr was alluding to a musical trend among modern Chinese composers.
He was alluding to the resurgence, especially among younger consumers, of analog technologies like vinyl records and board games.
He was alluding to the common gripe among Lakers fans that Jim Buss was the obstacle standing in the way of rehiring Jackson.
How well can you function as a country if the minute you stick your nose outside your borders you have to go to court?" she said, alluding to the impounded boat, among other things.
He asks them to look into whether local governments are shouldering their fair share of school costs, alluding to a constant complaint among suburban lawmakers that New York City underfinances its schools.
The Rafsanjani letter, alluding to "volcanoes" of anger among Iranians, including at the alleged disappearance of $1 billion from state coffers, will belong in any history of Iran's revolution.
