Word: meant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lord," just as most British Lords suppose that every Soviet Russian is a "Comrade." Strictly speaking no man is a Lord unless he is a member of the Peerage, or a Comrade unless he belongs to the Communist Party. "Lord" Churchill is an unimportant Viscount. Professor Ramzin meant of course "Mr." Winston Churchill, not long since the vigorous Chancellor of Britain's Exchequer...
...never was the staunchness of his friendship better shown than when British reputation was put to a test in the early months of the World War and was being besmirched by those in his own country whose origin and interests made them naturally zealous to damage it. Credit meant much in those days, but the help to Britain of the House of Morgan was unwavering and invaluable...
...your Nov. 10 issue is the statement "Massachusetts' referendum meant most because it carried the automatic repeal of the State's enforcement act." This statement is inaccurate. Massachusetts has taken the curious course of repealing her law forbidding the manufacture, transportation or importation of liquor, while leaving unattacked her law forbidding the sale of liquor. It is not strange that people outside this state find it difficult to realize just what has been done and what has not been done by this Massachusetts action...
...thriving Underworld. He said the line would be prosecution for violations of the income-tax and other (Volstead, Harrison, Mann, Dyer) Government statutes (TIME, May 19). He cited the indictment for income-tax fraud of Scarface's brother, Ralph ("Bottles") Capone, to illustrate the kind of action he meant...
...this sentence that suggested to Rollins to call Professor Edwin O. Grover to occupy the first chair in books in the United States, and we are quite proud of it. Emerson added that there were plenty of "grooms of books" in our colleges, by which he meant "librarians," but a professor of books was much more to be desired...