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Word: meant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tiny village of Bessans, high in the French Alps, is famed for a peculiar manufacture: devils. Last week Bessans' devil industry was dying out. That meant the end of an ancient tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Down with Devils | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

There was one hitch: neither Lindsay nor Petersen knew much about hot rods or publishing. By haunting Southern California race tracks, they learned the lingo, found that "herding a goat" meant driving an old racing car, that a "jug" was a carburetor, that a "featherfoot" had a light throttle touch. Then a neighborhood engraver showed them how to lay out pages; a printer taught them to proofread. With $859 scraped up from trusting advertisers and friends, Hot Rod magazine appeared in December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Prosperity on Wheels | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...Mortimer Jenkyn. "Without speaking, he moved straight across the room and posed himself in front of the dingy back-ground of painted trees . . . seated himself in the faded armchair, crossed his legs, drew up the little round table with the artificial roses upon it ... and struck an attitude. He meant to be photographed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Elsewhere & Otherwise | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

PROVIDENCE, Feb. 10--Brown was strong where Harvard was not, and that meant the difference as the Bruins muscled their way to a 17 to 13 victory over the Crimson wrestlers in Marvel Gym this afternoon. The freshmen also lost, 21 to 10, for their first defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Downs 2 Mat Teams | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

While a decision by Heidtmann would have meant a victory, it is still true that Harvard badly needs more able men at 157, 167, and 177. Al Sawyer, who had figured to help out at 157, recently dislocated an elbow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Downs 2 Mat Teams | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

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