Word: meant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Present. They examine a recent law or statute, guess what the lawmakers meant or would have meant if they had thought of the question in dispute. This is the oracle of Interpretation...
...heed that plebian Prince. You've read your C. Darwin and know what's meant by the survival of the fittest. I'm the fittest. Snatch a kiss right here in the eyes of all and that'll settle the survival...
...doubt meant nothing to which exception could be taken-he is always a good casuist in defending himself. His latest caricature may cause an explosion or two, but statesmen's hair will hardly turn prematurely grey over night, nor will an epidemic of Anglophobia convulse the U. S. More chuckles than anything can be expected to ruffle the Atlantic. Nonetheless, the danger is latent. Anglo-American friendship rests on the good feelings of each people and that disposition is not shown by the diplomats but by the artists and authors...
...during the War, such as: "dud," "doughboy," "strafe." The expression "Getting the wind up," meaning "to become nervous," was said to be puzzling the lexicographers, who finally decided to leave its origin indefinite. Common belief is that this phrase originated with the British air forces. Aviators, to whom wind meant danger, used "getting the wind up" as an equivalent for "borrowing trouble...
...merely have shown themselves to be ridiculous and meddlesome. The play of the human spirit and freedom of thought, even of foolish thought, cannot be left in the hands of those whose only business it is to protect life and property and maintain order. The human mind is not meant for the safe-keeping of the police...