Word: meant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stated that the mission of education was to develop the interrelationship or body and mind. In recent years, he said, the rapid growth of science had meant the introduction of an increased amount of material knowledge in school. Scientific evolution had developed so fast that men's minds have been overwhelmed. Education must in this critical situation combine in men the faculty of doing with a sense of understanding of those things which are being accomplished. The mind must be developed until it can grasp the meaning of phenomena about...
...word of truth in this contention. The Washington Post, in an editorial, humorously sums up the character of the Christian hymn-singing army: " An American officer reported that he had heard Chinese soldiers on the march singing to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers, but the words meant something different. They sang the Doxology at meals, but the words referred to the duty of every Chinese to save his country from decadence and obliteration. Morning and evening they sang Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, but the words were equivalent to ' Save your ammunition.' The Eleventh Division (known...
University B and C started as though they meant to burn each other out. Both were doing close to 40 at the start, and quickly jumped ahead of the University 150-pound crew which, although rowing well, could not keep pace with its heavier opponents. The seconds had better proportion to their stroke, and slowly pulled ahead so that after three quarters of a mile had been covered they were nearly half a length to the good...
...distinction unfortunately is not admitted to polite company. Even men of the same tongue are apt to get into difficulties, as Americans in England have discovered with such words as "bloody" and others that appear equally innocent. Lore Robert Cecil, when he was being entertained in a Boston club, meant only courteous approval when he remarked "What a homely room you have here!"--and he found it difficult to understand the coolness of his hosts during the rest of the evening...
PEER GYNT-A play which Ibsen never meant for the stage made beautiful and effectively intelligible by the Theatre Guild. Joseph Schildkraut is the dreaming boaster of the title role...