Word: meant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...profession is preventing trouble-and troubleshooting. In his almost 40 years of diplomatic service, Murphy has been everywhere, done everything, seen everyone. He has developed a charming exterior and a steely interior; he speaks -wherever he is-with the authority of his Government. For what Career Diplomat Murphy has meant and will mean to world politics, see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, Five-Star Diplomat...
...white Christians, who reproached their white brethren for racial prejudice (see below). On the surface, the Chicago meeting of the International Association for Liberal Christianity and Religious Freedom* seemed designed to meet just such reproaches, for its watchword was tolerance. Yet, as its delegates spelled out just what they meant by liberalism, their version of an irreproachable Christanity began to look to many a Christian like nothing but a pallid imitation of the real thing...
...giddiness. So they would have more time to do something about it. Aside from advantages in regard to the bends and CO2, Dr. Balke found that his volunteers, after conditioning, had a higher tolerance for oxygen shortage than at their San Antonio base (elev. 761 ft.). This meant that they could work efficiently at a consistently higher altitude. Furthermore, they could go still higher for emergency periods without ill effects...
...viceroy to monopolize all the Indian maize and wheat in the country. The Indians and the poor appealed to the church, and Mexico's archbishop put the extortioner under a ban of excommunication. This failed to move the rich skinflint, so the church suspended all divine service. This meant total war, and the viceroy moved to arrest the archbishop. Gage's picture of the archbishop-mitered, robed, with the Host in his hand defying the King's officers-is a great scene despite Gage's intention; he only meant to draw a moral for his Puritan...
...Arthur Burns, Saulnier's predecessor, called for "massive Government intervention" in the economy through both tax cuts and public works. The auto industry asked repeal of the 10% excise tax on autos. Others suggested huge WPA-style public-works programs, greatly increased Government spending. Such plans would have meant not only the loss of billions in tax revenues, but the addition of billions more to rising Government costs...