He frowned, feeling the weakness in his body, resenting that weakness and Rione's apparent allusion to it.

"I hope to God it will not be a monologue of one party again," he said, in an apparent allusion to the Communists' style of rule.

This is an apparent allusion to Janus, the god of beginnings, endings and transitions, keeping with the film's central themes of progress and change.

This is an apparent allusion to the fact that the romance of the star-crossed lovers was hidden and kept secret.

"Mapping March Light" attracts interest with its apparent allusion to Orphism.

In an apparent allusion to the near-anarchy of the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, the editorial said the suppression of criticism outside the party was "impermissible."

Other commentators have demurred, however; apparent allusions to Shakespeare's Macbeth suggest a date closer to the 1607 publication to some critics.

On the basis of an apparent allusion to Essex's mission to quell Tyrone's Rebellion, the play is thought to date from early 1599.

"All those bricks were laid down by men, not by women," he added, in an apparent allusion to reports that marines had met with Soviet women.

Peace efforts have faltered, he said, because a peace agreement would require "strong leadership that could make decisive decisions," an apparent allusion to the political crisis in Israel.