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...ration for a slave was "a peck of meal, three pounds of bacon, and a pint of molasses." The housing rule of thumb on the plantations was six Negroes to one room, usually 16 ft. by 18 ft. in size, but the log cabin Lincoln grew up in was meaner than some slave quarters...
Cops set up a makeshift 600-bed dormitory to shelter the meaner criminals, gave temporary freedom to lesser lawbreakers...
...factory worker's home in Osaka or the farmer's on Kyushu will be smaller and meaner, but it too will have half a dozen or more prints to be hung, one at a time, and contemplated according to the seasons. Each object, each gesture gives off a melancholy beauty inimitably Japanese. All is so precisely arranged that a wisp of dried fern or a few swirls of gravel in a garden may seem more overpowering than an Alpine view; a slightly disarranged bamboo blind can suggest chaos...
...easily: "In the pros, you know how to get that extra leverage to be able to hit hard. You know how to hit and then be able to keep your feet to hit again. On top of everything else, you're 40 to 60 pounds heavier and 500% meaner...
...should like to express my hope that the American press, radio and other organizations will support the efforts of all honest men in their struggle for peace, international security and friendship." Growled the New York Daily News: "When Vishy smiles, watch out . . . A tipoff that [he] will be meaner, more dishonest and fouler-mouthed than ever before...