The veteran referee heard another official call his name and turned, only to be smashed in the face with a helmet by one of the players.

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Blacks prefer to address him more formally, while whites prefer to call him by his first name, (a sign of disrespect in black church culture), Woo says.

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Demonstrated response of the pet to the call of his or her given name.

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Even in the 911 call, when they asked him to give his name or his number, if he wanted to, he said of course, I'll give my name, my number.

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The owner was in the process of using a speech recognition system to dictate a letter to his girlfriend (no, nothing very steamy), and there at the bottom of the screen was his name (we'll call him Ralph).

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On Jan. 27, 2012, we received a call from IRS liaison David Yau, who declined to give his first name.

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During the roll call on the House floor, Cantor grimaced and shook his head when his name was called out as a replacement for Boehner.

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"I've never actually won a call-your-name award before, " Terrio said backstage after winning his award.

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And one of the recommendations I made was that they hand the person a receipt when they make a mistake that says I've made a mistake, here's my name, here's the name of my supervisor, here's his phone number, give him a call.

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