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Word: meant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...throated baritone introduced Johnson Is Setting the Pace in a smoke-fogged Chicago banquet hall full of perspiring Democratic politicians. But Lyndon Baines Johnson, the guest of honor, was already handshaking his way toward an exit. He had more places to go, more things to do, and he certainly meant to go and do them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The American Dream | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

Little Cathy. Johnson himself was elated, and he meant to share his joy with the nation. It was almost 6:20 p.m., and he decided he wanted to go on national television-right now. He all but ran out of the White House, jumped into a limousine that shot out of the driveway so fast that it sped right past its waiting escort of four motorcycle cops. The policemen caught up, led a wild 50-m.p.h. ride to the Columbia Broadcasting System studios four miles away. During the trip one befuddled officer shouted to another, "Where are we going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The American Dream | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...simple and cannot yet be precise. Hoaimy is a singularly cohesive community, and was occupied by a singularly inept Viet Cong detachment. Truong is an exceptionally good district chief who lived and worked alongside the villagers, and the government troops made clear this time that they really meant business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Miracle at Hoaimy | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...Goulart's pet themes was sweeping agrarian reform. The man of the masses obviously meant every word he said about redistributing the land -but mainly to himself. Federal and state investigators have just started adding up the totals. When Goulart fled, he was believed on the verge of completing the biggest land deal in Brazilian rural history - the acquisition of $1,385,000 worth of land in Mato Grosso state near the Bolivian border. What he already had latched onto, say the investigators, marked him as a wheeler-dealer without parallel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: A Goulart Audit | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...change. As for the rest of it, who knows? Just before the auto heir died last December, he was divorcing his wife, but luckily for her he didn't make it in time, and Gregg Sherwood Dodge, fortyish, became his widow instead. She thought that meant she was in line for his $2,500,000 estate. Only he had too many debtors. So Gregg decided to sue not only his estate but also his mother (who's worth $65,000,000) for trying to break up the marriage. Now Gregg is happy to announce that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 1, 1964 | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

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