Even when one no longer reads the funnies, a chance reference can summon a wealth of memories and associations.
Between those references, Mr. Bush summoned the memory of President Reagan, either directly or indirectly, at least four other times.
There's so much to talk about: the wit of even the typography of the supertitles; the free-handed translation of the libretto that, while incorporating allusions to Marlon Brando and Rolls-Royces, still hews exactly to the spirit of the original; the subliminal visual references that summon the pictures of Cartier-Bresson and the films of Truffaut and Godard.
The reference to Singapore summoned memories of one of Britain's greatest 20th-century military disasters, the Japanese conquest of Singapore in February 1942, which historians have called one of the worst defeats ever suffered by Britain's forces.
Many intricate details of the uprising in Auschwitz (even including a reference to the summoning of one particular Kapo, named Shloime) match those in "Shoah"; other elements of Nemes's film (such as the shoveling of powdered bone into a river) come from an account by Simon Srebnik in "Shoah" about the Chelmno death camp.
Univariate analysis showed increasing age, Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥2, vital parameters outside the normal reference range and summoned physician-assisted mobile emergency care units to be associated with 7-day mortality.
In Israel, there was no official reaction to the report, but comments on social media suggested that Tony Blair "should think twice about visiting", a possible reference to the recent summoning of former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni for questioning by British police about alleged war crimes committed during the 2008-2009 Gaza war.
We might also summon references to Grandfather Maurice but they would not be so helpful.
While these new paintings have much in common with the comic-inspired energy of artists like Philip Guston and Carroll Dunham, the figures themselves are so detailed and complex that they also summon references like the Italian Mannerist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, whose visually punning portraits present people made from stacked fish, flowers, vegetables and such.
Ms. Friedman's "Waffle" — a play on the grid pattern — is not the only work that summons a familiar reference.
