Word: meant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...such a course is meant not a history of exclusively critical writings, than which nothing could be more fruitless, but a consideration of representative books at first hand, with occasional reference to the greater literary critics, and much open discussion in class. In essence this course would be problematical and inquiring, placing its stress on the formation of sound individual opinion rather than on detailed knowledge of any sort. It would be of most service to those taking it in hope of arriving at a critical formulation of their own, if its closest inquiry were into contemporary theories and problems...
Speech Attacked. Wrathful Laborites saw, of course, that what the Cabinet meant by George V's reference to "assistance . . . designed to maintain . . . morale and fitness to resume work." was to express the National Government's resolve to maintain the "means test" and other checks on the British Dole...
British Plan. Making a success of the Conference meant, last week, that the Great Powers must get their new disarmament plans off their Chief Delegates' chests and that these plans must be such as to tempt Germany back into the parley...
...line. The Cord front-line forces vacated their enormous quarters in the Hotel Biltmore, where they had kept three leased telephone wires busy to Chicago and Los Angeles, entrained for Chicago headquarters to meet Mr. Cord, who had been in California. But whatever the truce meant to the principals, it meant nothing to Mr. Trumbull, who announced that his committee would continue to gather proxies...
...Distributors were ordered to "eat" what copies they could not sell. "Eating" meant burning the papers, selling them for junk, hiding them in cellars & attics, dumping them in the Mahoning River. ¶ Newsboys were compelled to pay for unsold copies of a special ''Progress Edition.'' Penalty: loss of route...