Ms. Setterfield plays the playwright, and expect pointed references to contemporary events.

That, as it happens, is the only pointed racial reference.

But he made several pointed references to the importance of judicial independence.

"Oh," Alan answered lightly, "he made a rather pointed reference to the fact that my ancestry isn't all it might be."

Despite the farmboy's pointed reference to the time, both contingents were early.

Jackson had high-profile company in making his pointed reference to the limited drug-testing rules that the players union has permitted.

She still smoldered over some research tech's pointed reference to her "family tree."

Repeatedly in the debate there have been rather pointed references to drinking.

It would be but an ostentation of modesty to permit such a pointed reference to myself to pass unnoticed.

But the Governor himself has occasionally taken the offensive against a political rival with pointed references to the opponent's record.