Word: means
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doing good. Intelligent observers unanimously denounced his Planacea as a monstrous fantasy, but for Founder Townsend they had only pitying sympathy. He might be simpleminded, but he was also, they were sure, greathearted. Even when ugly rumors rose that the Townsend Plan had turned out to be only another mean racket, with poor deluded oldsters as its victims, such charges simply made most observers believe that good, grey Dr. Townsend was being used as a front by sharpers who had swarmed into his Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd. First hint that Dr. Townsend was more than a simple, pious figurehead...
...immediately sent for Bates. I was going to the Cup Final [professional football] and I found Bates was also going. I said to Bates: 'As an old friend, what do you mean by letting Leslie in in this way?' Bates said: 'What do you mean letting him in? He is my broker, and as my broker he is entitled to do my business...
...spirit of constructive criticism, in the hope that it may accomplish as satisfying results as the first survey. Because of the nature of the Guide, it is impossible to recite commendations of the courses; we are concerned with bettering the curriculum set-up. But this does not mean that we found only undesirable conditions in our survey of the Freshman year...
...enough. By and by comes a matronly woman with a school of multi-colored children. A matronly woman came by with some brown and some white and some dirty children. I mean some of them were cute; but one was a brat! She threw stones at me; I mean she actually picked up a rock and let it go for all she was worth; and it hit me behind the ear. Behind the ear it hit me; and then the little sissy ran. I mean she hid behind the matron's skirts. It's a damn good thing. I mean...
...very tired, to the Tower and to letter writing; and soon, looking at the rain to rest. I mean I simply went...