Word: meant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With that, most of the 15 million Americans who watched him on TV retreated to the warmth of their family circles, and the spirit of Christmas closed in around them. The Eisenhowers were no exception-but their moments of privacy were few. For Ike, the holidays meant a season of hard work...
...change was the President's United Nations speech, in which he forcefully seized the initiative in the world's effort to live with the atom (TIME, Dec. 14). When he called in Republican congressional leaders to outline a legislative program last week, he clearly showed that he meant to lead in the privacy of the conference room as well as in the public...
Realism Without Exactitude. Ever since Rousseau's sophisticated friends-Picasso, Braque & Co.-began promoting him at the turn of the century, primitive art has been a subject of controversy. In the first place, few can agree on just what the word is meant to cover. Two things it always stands for are an untrained hand and a childlike eye. Primitives are would-be realists whose charm depends on their very inability to paint photographically accurate pictures. Most of them have trouble with figures (as does Grandma) and make a habit of cluttering their canvases with niggling details (as Grandma...
...than 20 years: newsmen may paraphrase what the President says, but may not quote him directly. Last week the rule was changed. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty announced that all of last week's conference (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) could be broadcast from the official tape recording. The ruling meant reporters could quote Ike directly in stories...
Last spring, after reading the briefs, the high court asked the attorneys to study and discuss whether the framers and ratifiesr of the 14th Amendment meant to abolish segregation in the schools. The court got three answers. Thurgood Marshall, for the N.A.A.C.P., said that was clearly the intention. John W. Davis, for South Carolina, said that was clearly not the intention. Assistant U.S. Attorney General J. Lee Rankin said that the evidence was inconclusive, but that on other grounds, the U.S. Government favored an end of segregation...