Word: meant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...postwar increase in fresh-water fishing is shown by the license figures, which have increased about 7% annually, and are expected to hit 18 million this year. This has meant a bonanza for tackle manufacturers, whose sales last year came to $110 million. Some postwar trends: nylon lines, Plexiglas rods, and spinning reels which enable the rankest amateur to cast without backlashes...
...didn't do it now, nobody else would." Thanks to Scalzo's tireless prodding, 41 competitors got on the mat to grapple for the Greco-Roman titles. The large turnout meant that matches had to be cut to ten minutes-from the regular 15. As in catch-as-catch-can, Greco-Roman allows points for falls, near falls, takedowns, reversals and "activity." Discredit points are handed out for illegal holds, unsportsmanlike conduct...
...what my trouble was. Few people attend such productions in the same spirit they would see a professional performance. Either they have friends in the cast, or they want to see how the theatrical half of the College lives. So, my specific comments on last night's performance are meant as reflections on an unabashedly exuberant show, put on by people whose talents sometimes lag, but whose enthusiasm well equals that of the D'Oyly Carte company. They are players who enjoyed their singing enough to find it pleasant over a post-performance beer...
...Republicans' Jim Farley. His "I like everybody" philosophy was tested in 1950 when New York's Senator Herbert Lehman., campaigning for reelection, bitterly attacked him. Hall, who was running for re-election to the House, made no reply. A week later Lehman apologized, said he really meant New York's Representative Edwin A. Hall (Binghamton). Leonard Wood Hall broke his silence, said he knew all along that Lehman, "an honorable gentleman, would correct the misstatement when apprised of the true facts...
...boisterous holiday audience that saw the opening night, happy to have somewhere to go during An Tostal, the first Welcome-to-Ireland festival, even if it meant sampling a new opera in a less-than-fully-familiar language. But Dublin enjoyed the spiky modern harmonies played by the twelve-piece orchestra, and roared its delight at the slapstick on the stage. It looked as if the show would sell out for its whole week...