Before the advent of the euro, Germany's mark was Switzerland's main point of reference including a period in the 1970s when the Swiss National Bank pegged the franc against the mark to rein in a surge in the Swiss currency.

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For the last 52 years, the equipment from Joe Kittinger's mission had been the reference point.

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As a reference point, the U.S. might use the standard of the British, who now seem chipper enough about troubled southern Iraq to begin drawing down their forces there.

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Managua's eponymous lake is locals' most commonly used reference point in the capital.

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There's the range of FTSE numbers, for instance, which are a reference point for a lot of contracts.

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In Switzerland, which like the U.K. isn't part of the euro zone, the central bank has used the euro as its external reference point in its efforts to keep the Swiss franc's value stable.

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The reference to minor counties cricket is a reminder of the low point of Schofield's career.

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They issued a 15-point declaration full of fine words about loving God and one's neighbour, but omitting any reference to the thorny problems of apostasy and religious conversion in the Middle East.

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