1.   He made only a veiled reference to international concerns over human rights issues.

2.   The report makes veiled references to his criminal activities.

3.   It was you who started making veiled references to my love-life.

4.   And he has to make at least veiled references to the Enron situation.

5.   A veiled reference to the genie-in-the-bottle legend?

6.   DFS made only veiled references to the squabbles between its shareholders in announcing the LVMH agreement.

7.   He also made a veiled reference to the speed with which the Croatian church leader had been beatified, a process that in many cases can take centuries.

8.   Gore made only a veiled reference to the controversy in remarks on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston.

9.   He skewers celebrities and studio honchos, sometimes in thinly veiled references to Oscar-winning actresses, but often simply naming names.

10.   In a veiled reference to the front-runner, former Vice President Dan Quayle urged Republicans to withhold judgment on the GOP field.