In a fictional book series parodying South Dublin culture, the character of teen rugby lothario Ross O'Carroll Kelly—(his initials, ROCK, allude to moneyed boys' school Blackrock College)—seduced fake-tanned girls and shrieked "AFFLUENCE!" from his car window driving through less privileged parts of the city.
The initials stood for Tea Club and Barrovian Society, alluding to their fondness for drinking tea in Barrow's Stores near the school and, secretly, in the school library.
"We are in a quiet period", he pointed out, alluding to the impending initial public offering (IPO) of Blackstone shares.It is not only Mr Schwarzman who is keeping his mouth shut.
After an initial burst of chatter, blog posts alluding to Mr. Xi have been effectively smothered on China's social media platforms, and China's beleaguered Foreign Ministry spokesman says on a daily basis that he has no information, despite a barrage of questions from the foreign news media.
"This space has more in common with the loft parties that we had in New York," Becklin said, alluding to SPiN New York's initial intimate incarnation as an in-the-know celebrity hang before the Flatiron District bar opened last year.
"I want to regain the trust of the people of Tokyo," Ms. Koike said after initial projections were broadcast on Sunday night, alluding to the scandal that prompted her predecessor to resign in June.
Alluding to the years since her initial appointment to office in 2002, he said, "She has earned her way".
Sir Alex Ferguson's initial statement also alluded to a single reference and though Liverpool's administration manager, Ray Haughan, claimed he heard Ferguson say the word had been used "five times", the commission report noted that the United manager "did not recall having said specifically that it was five times.
No signage alluding to that though.
Bauer was alluding to Emmerich's testicles.
"I've seen it," he said, alluding to the formula.
