They referred to a player's average performance over a number of games, and were among the first baseball statistics ever reported and tracked.

"More of the same," he said, referring to his own performance.

"Ford has a very tough act to follow," she said, referring to the company's outstanding performance in early 1987.

The Russian leader did not specifically refer to the military's performance in the past year in Chechnya.

"We learned a lesson from the last game at home," he said, referring to the Devils' lackadaisical performance Sunday night.

Academic risk factors refer to the students' performance in school and are highly related to school level problems.

He was referring to the previous day's performance, a 6-4 victory over the Rangers here.

Q. He was referring to your performance in the campaign.

"There are fundamental reasons to change quarterbacks right now," he said, referring to PeopleSoft's financial performance this past year.

In this kind of dimension the status of an individual refers mainly to his own performance.