Word: meant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brownshirts once goose-stepped, marched 1,000,000 blueshirts, aged six to 26. They were dictator's zealots of a new age. For sheer size and fanaticism, their "peace parade" was impressive. But there were signs that Communism's World Youth Festival was not all it was meant to be. Food supplies were badly fouled up. A Red commissary officer was jailed for allowing 380 tons of meat to rot. East Germany's overburdened transport system broke down, stranded thousands of blueshirts en route to Berlin. And though East German police barred 165 East-West streets, closed...
...Jarman broke in his fanciest pair yet. He bought out New Jersey's Johnston & Murphy Shoe Co., 101-year-old maker of top quality men's shoes, whose customers have included such men as Theodore Roosevelt, "Diamond Jim" Brady and Henry Ford. For J. & M., the deal meant a transfusion of some" much-needed capital. For General Shoe, whose top Jarman brand sells in the $10.95 to $18.95 range, it was the first move into the high-priced ($27.50439.50) field. For well-shod Maxey Jarman, it was the latest in a series of fast strides by which...
...Marshall, sitting nearby-perhaps unconsciously following the custom of men in uniform. After ten minutes, the President suddenly removed his hat and so did Secretary Marshall. Later, Harry Truman confided to some of the honorary pallbearers that he would like to go as Sherman had gone-presumably the President meant suddenly, on the job, and at the summit of his career...
About the biggest thing that can happen to a worker in a Communist country is to be chosen a "labor hero." Last week brought an example of what this proud title meant to its bearers...
Handy Around the House. In Chicago, seeking a divorce, Mrs. Dorothy Lokes explained to the judge what she meant by cruelty: her husband rigged tin cans around the door, then when she tripped the trap, he woke up and thrashed her for being late...