Word: meant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill, passed overwhelmingly by both branches of Congress, that would permit self-employed people to take tax deductions on their own pension programs. President Kennedy did not like the bill, since it would mean an unscheduled loss of tax revenue. Smathers had a strong hunch that the President meant to let it die by pocket veto. But Smathers also knew that he had the votes to override any veto-so long as Congress stayed in session. He therefore fought a shrewd delaying action against adjournment-and Kennedy finally signed the measure...
Because this has entailed an attitude toward Cuba and the Soviet bloc more openly tolerant, even more friendly, than any other Latin American country has taken, it has meant that relations with both the United States and England, its former colonial master, have been at best precarious...
Even the umpires caught stage fright. Jocko Conlan called the Giants' Willie Mays both "safe" and "out" on the same play (he meant "out"), later pleaded amnesia: "I don't remember doing any such thing." Shrugged Mays: "I guess I was out." One thing Conlan didn't forget: to face the TV cameras when he dusted off home plate-just in case his pants split...
...Mississippi politicians refer to Negroes as "niggras" in public speeches; Barnett unfailingly called them "niggers," drew cheers, chuckles -and votes-from rural audiences. In his inaugural speech he declared that public education in the state "must be kept segregated at all costs." That was one political promise he really meant to live...
Many businessmen are still reluctant to link up with a factor for fear of scaring off customers. Richard Reynolds, president of the Childhood Interests toy company, a Talcott client since 1957, said last week: "We had little idea of what factoring meant-beyond the notion that it was something to be avoided at all costs. But our bank channels had dried up, so we had no choice. Factoring has enabled us to double our business, and, everything considered, costs us less than other forms of financing...