Word: meant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moment, the crowd of 130 newsmen thought they had something. What did he mean by the word "surrender?" He meant exactly what he said, replied the President crisply. The war of nerves is slacking off very decidedly, the President said: that's just as plain as it possibly can be and I am hopeful that the war of nerves will cease and that everybody will get in the mood for world peace and then it will just take a short time to get everything worked out as it should be. Then the United Nations will function as it should...
...devil's "teat" or "devil's mark" on the body of the accused was proof of guilt, that mischief following anger between neighbors was ground for suspicion, and, most important of all, that "the devil could not assume the shape of an innocent person." This last meant that hallucinations would be accepted not as evidence of the wrought-up condition of the accuser but as proof of the guilt of the accused...
...Half Hebe 'n half crazy," a petty grifter and dog thief who adored Frankie because the Dealer was kind to him and protected him. ("Guys who think they can rough me up, they wake up wit' the cats lookin' at 'em." In an alley, he meant.) Frankie really liked Sparrow: "I'd trust him with my sister all night. Provided, of course, she wasn't carryin' more than 35 cents...
Last year the Australians made their challenge for the Davis Cup without lanky Veteran (30) Jack Bromwich; it would have meant a trip by air, and Bromwich preferred ships. This time the Aussies traveled Jack's way and he came along as playing captain. It helped some, but not enough. At Forest Hills last week, the Aussies took the doubles (with Bromwich and 29-year-old Billy Sidwell as heroes), but the U.S.'s Ted Schroeder and Pancho Gonzales trod the challengers down under in the singles to keep the cup, 4-1. Australia's consolation...
...Columbia's 33⅓ r.p.m. long-playing record would win the battle on retail counters. Last week, convinced that it was getting in on "the biggest possible market," Decca lined up with Columbia. With 15 smaller recorders already making 33⅓ r.p.m. LP records, Decca's decision meant that Columbia had just about...