Word: meant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...known to any of us, is a good guy," said Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan when Alex retired in 1966. Roy Alexander took all rites of passage as inevitable in life and shunned sentimentality. But on that occasion he allowed himself to say that his colleagues at TIME had meant a great deal to him, and he added: "I think I realize now that I have meant something...
...Enthroned in an oversized wicker chair, sporting a rak ish beret and clutching a rifle in one hand and a spear in the other, he looked defiantly out at the world from a thousand wall posters of radical chic. FREE HUEY the bumper stickers cried, and everybody knew that meant Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panthers, imprisoned for the death of a policeman in a Shootout in Oakland, Calif...
...reason for Dominica's push for independence was dissatisfaction with its status as a British "Associated State," which meant that it was something more than a colony but something less than a sovereign nation. As an Associated State, Dominica could not apply for international economic aid or help from any nation other than Britain. Now the island seems intent on attaching itself to every organization with an aid program. Says Dominica's Foreign Minister, Leo Austin, 50: "We will join the Organization of American States, the United Nations, World Bank, all of them...
...years. Says he: "I look for the added dimension in a shot, as well as its aesthetic quality. Does the photo give information the story cannot offer? Does it evoke the mood of an event or give insight into character? Our pictures are never merely decorative; they are meant to convey facts visually." By necessity, Drapkin is also a detective and travel agent, since, as he says, "the best picture in the world doesn't matter to us if it's not here in my office." Hunting down wanted pictures-and finding ways of transporting them...
...will exceed his $50,000 salary as Governor by about $200,000 a year, Brother C.H. offered to take care of the debt service and to give him an additional $100,000 each year he serves as Governor. Jake quickly declined the offer, lamely insisting that his brother really meant to say only that he would help pay "any debts incurred by my trust during my term in office...