One trader resorted to begging, invoking a plea of "pretty please".
"That's the Great Satan," he said, invoking a name Iran has used for the United States.
"We're goal posts away," Thomas said, invoking a football analogy to describe basketball's labor divide.
The rise of Asia's innovators is a "silent Sputnik", he argues, invoking a cold war analogy.
This same dynamic also pushes a buyer to settle after invoking a MAC.
Another sentenced four Sri Lankan bank robbers to beheading, invoking a Muslim statute used against bandits.
Invoking a MAC has been relatively rare since the financial crisis.
But this is a criminal case, invoking a somewhat rarely used law on cyberstalking.
"Poverty protects," said Mr. de Koster, invoking a rule of thumb from the museum world.
"Companies are deferring," Mrs. Fischer said, invoking a word frequently heard in Pittsburgh these days.
Late last week, Devils Coach Larry Robinson praised Scott Stevens by invoking a name: Bob Gainey.
