Recall \Re*call"\ (r[-e]*k[add]l"), v. t. 1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
If Henry were recalled to life again. --Shak.
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.
Passed sentence may not be recall'd. --Shak.
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Recall \Re*call"\, n. 1. A calling back; a revocation.
'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall. --Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. --Wilhelm.
3. (Political Science) (a) The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. (b) Short for
{recall of judicial decisions}, the right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the police power of the state. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
After resisting pressure for months, Audi of America Inc. said it agreed to comply with a government request to recall Audi 5000 series cars to correct possible problems of sudden, unintended acceleration.
After having problems finding enough good samples to use in drumming up business, Ms. Spiros was forced to recall the one and only shipment that ever left the basement _ 2,000 gloves sent to a San Francisco-area ambulance company.
"We've never had temperatures like this that I can recall.
But intelligence sources said Mr. Reagan always signed such decision memoranda himself, often in more than one place, and they said they couldn't recall a single case in which the president didn't sign a decision memo authorizing a covert action.
The auto maker began notifying dealers of the recall by letter yesterday.
Analysts in Japan couldn't recall an instance where a Japanese retailer has acquired a company that filed a bankruptcy petition.
A recent survey by a trade magazine shows that respondents recall the new "Nobody fits you like Goodyear" ads over those of competitors such as Groupe Michelin of France, and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., a unit of Bridgestone Corp. of Japan.
Webb asked North if he could recall the late CIA Director William Casey telling him "the ball is in your hands" after Congress shut off funds for the rebels.
Usry first took office in 1984 after defeating then-Mayor Michael Matthews in a recall election.
The no-facial hair restriction puzzles some who recall that Walt Disney sported a mustache.
The president of Westfield State College has reportedly repaid the school $1,259 for meals with educators who don't recall dining with him, dinners with professors who don't exist and other expenses.
Meese, who declined to take questions, said he didn't recall reading a portion of a 1985 memo on the plan that refers to the payoffs to the Israelis.
He said he told Mr. Spalding about his own stock sale and the selling by other insiders; but he said he doesn't know when he told Mr. Spalding and can't recall whether he conveyed the information to other analysts.
And it quotes Mr. Nelson as saying he can't recall who asked him to make the calls.
Cook County Circuit Judge Anthony Scotillo ordered a nationwide recall on Nov. 5 of up to 376,000 pounds of poultry processed by Shelat Kosher Foods and sold under the Shelat label.
"The rest of the country now thinks this is nothing but a town of drunks," said Linda Tilley, leader of the recall effort and a part-time waitress and bartender at several nightspots.
Mr. Shah said if Bolar were involved in a switch, recall costs would amount to about $15 million to $20 million.
That's his middle name." At least 72 people are considering challenging Mecham in a recall election May 17, including a former congressman and a former state school superintendent who lost to the Republican in 1986.
A former Mecham campaign finance committee member, Vern Gasser, testified that he couldn't recall the meaning of notes he took during a committee meeting in fall 1986.
The petitions reportedly contained nearly 388,988 signatures, nearly twice as many as needed for a recall election.
It said California cars are not included in the recall.
The spokesman said he didn't know how many of the devices were affected by the expanded recall.
One of Meese's lawyers, James Rocap, said the attorney general doesn't recall any discussion of the memo with Wallach, who hand-delivered the documents to the attorney general.
Modrow rejected the opposition's questioning of his authority to rule. "I cannot recall becoming premier through a coup," he said.
"The formal safety defect investigation has been opened to prepare for a possible government-ordered recall," the safety agency said in announcing the inquiry.
At that point he was able to do calculations and recall aspects of his life.
"Not that I recall," said Sable.
A consumer group urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to open a defect investigation and, eventually, to recall 1986-1987 Honda Acura Legends because of alleged problems with sudden acceleration.
Mr Gerald Holtham, chief economist at Lehman Brothers in London, said he found it hard to recall the last time the dollar enjoyed a sustained rise from an east European crisis.
Few opera-lovers today can recall opera before Geraint Evans.