Word: meant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conference ratified this agreement, the next major job would be to sell it to the Germans. As the Western military position had deteriorated, and the Russian threat grew, Germany's price for risking rearmament had risen. The Bonn government now demanded no less than Gleichberechtigung (equality). Politically, this meant ending the occupation statute, replacing it by a treaty giving Germany sovereignty. Militarily, it meant full German divisions, commanded by Germans...
...asserted, "She did break them." After the meeting, Joan Projansky told the CRIMSON, "Since I have been Publicity Director, Debby has not violated release dates." The next morning, in a private telephone call, Miss Projansky added: "Miss Small doesn't understand the meaning of 'breaking a release.' What she meant was that Debby printed a story before Radcliffe would have wanted it printed...
...condition of rearmament, the Germans demanded an end of Western occupation and "equal partnership" in European defense. This meant that the Germans-again-had been put in a position where their legitimate desire for a means to defend themselves could be satisfied only if they played the dangerous game of working on the West's fear of Russia...
From Peking south to Canton, belligerent Red China shouted new watchwords: "Beware of burrowing! Beware of air raids!" Burrowing meant the anti-Communist underground. Retaliatory U.N. air raids seemed a grim possibility in the Red mind; like prudent, undaunted soldiers, the aggressors in Peking were preparing for the worst...
...Author Fitzgerald meant Brooks...