Word: interpretation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...special meeting in Washington yesterday agreed not to change the wording of the "informer clause" of the Navy's loyalty oath, and in addition it decided to interpret the word "others' 'as broadly as possible...
...said he, "if you would confine yourself to English fables, for perhaps your repertory is more complete. You made the mistake of not studying all of Krylov. One fable is The Slanderer and the Snake. I am not going to tell you whom I am thinking of; you can interpret it as you wish...
Saltonstall pointed out that a lawyer is better able to interpret statutes, and through his practice has a broader range of experience than other people. The lawyer gains the confidence of the less educated people, too, he continued...
...that TIME gives its artists. TIME gives you sufficient photographs of the cover subject, a physical description of him, research into his life and character, and even an idea of how to do the cover. On the Old Testament assignment I had to start from scratch. I had to interpret the figures myself from the clues given in the stories...
Aldous Huxley in Brave New World, builds his nightmare of tomorrow on foundations that are firmly laid today. He needs no contemporary spokesman to explain and interpret - for the simple reason that any reader in 1949 can uneasily see his own shattered features in Winston Smith, can scent in the world of 1984 a stench that is already familiar...