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Word: meanness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were to be nominated by the convention in Miami Beach, I would have to consider at that time whether I could even support him for election. I do not expect to ever have to make that decision, but I can assure you that my loyalty to my party would mean more to me than his did when he not only deserted the ticket in 1964, but was the chief architect of the lie and smear campaign waged against my friend, Barry Goldwater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Bomb Per Casualty | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...though a commando-style raid of the sort might involve heavy casualties. Seizing a North Korean ship or two would hardly be worth the effort inasmuch as the biggest, most attractive vessels Pyongyang has afloat are two 500-ton Russian-built mine sweepers. A blockade of Wonsan would mean cutting the Soviet submarine fleet off from one of its principal Far Eastern ports. Nabbing a Soviet trawler would be punishing the wrong party-though not necessarily an entirely innocent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Impotence of Power | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...rope mats to cushion impact-and began backing toward Pueblo's bow that Bucher realized what was happening; in the bow of the PT boat stood an armed boarding party. "These guys are serious," the skipper radioed his home port, U.S. Navy headquarters in Yokosuka, Japan. "They mean business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In Pueblo's Wake | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...mean to bother you, but I'm in distress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Son of Rock 'n' Roll Quiz | 1/29/1968 | See Source »

...Cause a mean, fickle woman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Son of Rock 'n' Roll Quiz | 1/29/1968 | See Source »

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