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discrimination." "A Time to Begin," Readers Digest, 5/92

refute

"The tobacco industry has stopped trying to refute the charge that smoking is both dangerous and addictive." U.S. News and World Report, 2/3/98

relegated

"They were to be relegated to the outer circle of my life." Van Wyck Brooks, Helen Keller

remiss

"If the mayor thought that one of his commissioners had been remiss in following instructions, he would fly into a rage and throw his glasses at him." David Rockefeller on Mayor LaGuardia, New York Times, 10/10/99

remote

"The pull of the remote stars is so slight as to be obliterated in the vaster moments by which the ocean yields to the moon and sun." Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us

remuneration

"Please mail your resume along with your expected remuneration to our Director of Personnel." Want ad, New York Times, 7/7/99

repented

"At his court martial, the officer admitted to the charges and repented." "General Demoted," Washington Post, 9/2/99

repertoire

"He led a secret life as a forger of paintings, with the most famous as part of his repertoire." Peter Landesman, New York Times, 7/18/99

replenish

"We'll dip down into our farm system to replenish our stock of left-handed pitchers." Bobby Valentine, ABC-TV Sports Interview

replete

"When a composition is so replete with errors, I call attention to only a few, the most important ones." Fran Weinberg, English teacher, NYC High Schools

repose

"Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest Come to thy heart as that within my breast." William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

reprehensible

"She thought that the prisoners, no matter how morally reprehensible their crimes, still should have the benefit of pretrial representation." Jimmy Breslin's syndicated column, Newsday, 6/15/99

repressed

"General McClellan repressed his feelings about President Lincoln but he expressed his private anger in letters to his wife." David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

reprimand

"The difficulty lay in the fact the man had previously received a reprimand from his employer regarding his easygoing ways with the men under him in his department." James Thurber, "Let Your Mind Alone"

reproached

"When reminded that he knew little history, Henry Ford reproached his critics by reminding them that history would know him." Quoted in The Will Rogers Book, Paula Love, editor, 1961

repudiate

"If upheld, the decision would repudiate one of the Administration's environmental achievements." Editorial, New York Times, 5/19/99

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requisite

"Secrecy is more requisite than ever during the sensitive negotiations over the release of our prisoners." I. F. Stone,

Weekly Reader

resourceful

"The crew of the $20 million independent film had to be very resourceful to hold down costs." Beth L. Kiel, "Allen in Hollywood," New York, 6/21/99

respite

"The plan enabled the oiler and the correspondent to set respite together." Stephen Crane, "The Open Boat"

restrictive

"Mr. el Hage said that the law was too restrictive, claiming that he had nothing to do with violent acts." Benjamin Weiser, "Terrorism Suspect," New York Times, 6/23/99

reticent

"He was as inquisitive about the country as he was reticent about his business there." Frances Gilchrist Woods, "Turkey Red"

retort

"There is no need to retort to an employee who has written a critique of your original warning letter." NYC Board of Education's Food Service Division, Guide for Managers

retrospect

"I shivered in retrospect when I thought of that afternoon meeting in the freezing hall." Anna L. Strong, The Chinese Conquer China

reverberated

"When that putt plunked into the hole yesterday, the 40,000 people exploded in a roar that reverberated through more than a century of U.S. Open history." Dave Anderson, "Longest Final Putt," New York Times, 6/21/99

revere

"Paul McCartney and other celebrities who yet revere the name of rock-and-roll great Buddy Holly will host a tribute to him at the Roseland Ballroom." Letta Taylor, "Tribute to Buddy," Newsday, 9/3/99

reverts

"She dreamily reverts to the hour when old age will throw down his frosts upon her head." Walt Whitman, "Dreams"

reviled

"Former Haitian President Aristede was reviled by orphanage graduates who claimed that he had lied to them about the promise of jobs." Associated Press story, "Haiti Gunmen Confront Police," New York Times, 6/25/99

rhetoric

"Nothing good can come out of the rhetoric of hatred that will be heard at the rally." New York Congressman Charles Rangel, ABC TV News, 9/2/99

rife

"Cyberspace is rife with sweatshops but very few people realize it." Karl Taro Greenfield, "Living the Late Shift," TIME, 6/28/99

rift

"The 1993 tear gas assault on the Branch Dividian cult has created a rift between the FBI and the Attorney General's office." Associated Press report, "FBI Video Released," Newsday, 9/3/99

romp

"She was expected to win the governor's race in a romp." Wolf Blitzer, CNN News, 2/2/98

roster

"The roster of stars for our gala celebration includes Cher, Meatloaf, and Lyle Lovett." Las Vegas hotel ad