Word: meant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Diego had its first snowfall in history (the Government meteorologist described it as "soft hail"). A second night of low temperatures followed. Traffic crawled and tangled on the darkened roads, while hundreds of oil trucks were given the right of way, carrying fuel to the smudges. All this meant industrial tragedy to California's citrus fruit industry (save for oil, the biggest business in the State). The crop destruction had only one peer, the Great Freeze of 1913-In that year, according to tradition, "practically the entire crop" was destroyed. Actually, fruit shipments from California fell about 60%. Last...
Steiger believes that Japan is faced with grave internal difficulties. The demands of the army have resulted in larger and larger budgets, and in an ever increasing deficit. This has meant a heavy burden of taxation, and the people are beginning to get stirred about...
...estate is the State of Pennsylvania, which asserts there are no legal heirs, therefore the fortune must escheat, i.e., revert to the State under intestate laws. Also plugging for the money is Administrator Starr, whose claim that Mrs. Garrett's phrase "Give you" meant he should get all left after paying out $62,500 will be presented in court by former U. S. Senator George Wharton Pepper, a Philadelphia lawyer. Mr. Starr has already received some Garrett snuff money. His brother, the late Isaac Starr, was named residuary legatee by the will of Walter Garrett's sister Julia...
...keep public opinion behind him, if for no other reason, Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, will give the appearance of great energy between now and the time Parliament meets." It remained to be seen whether His Majesty's Government were merely giving an "appearance of great energy" or really meant business. Admiralty orders to British warships were couched in terms which might mean anything. The effect of these orders is to bring about 200,000 tons of British war boats into waters near Gibraltar, ostensibly "on their way" past Gibraltar steaming to distant ports. The flagship Queen Elizabeth...
...scorers. Because some of the ablest players often missed getting into the low 32, the U. S. Golf Association three years ago decided to change to match play throughout. This system proved tedious, uninteresting. Last week, at its annual meeting, the U. S. G. A. announced a new system meant to embody the good points of both old ones: 36 holes of medal play, followed by four days of match play among the 64 lowest scorers...