"The reference letters simply legitimize whatever conclusions the board might have already reached by view of the financial statements."

Ask colleagues and allies for a positive reference letter.

There is something to be said for granting everyone access to his or her employment file, including reference letters.

He insisted that the reference letters so often required are equally pointless.

Each number represented the difference in shape between the unknown and each reference letter.

Candidates are selected based on a competitive project proposal and reference letters.

He was put into an awkward position when a former employee who he had problems with asked him for a reference letter.

A French proverb suggests that a good figure is better than a reference letter.

My former employer gave me an excellent reference letter.

Tossed back reference letters - no matter from whom - if they sound dull or, even worse, all alike.