Word: meant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...later scene, when he brands them "shallow things." In the Letter Scene, Malvolio reads the sentence, "If this fall into thy hand, revolve." I must confess that I always enjoy seeing the actor foolishly turn around (as Rabb does), although in Shakespeare's day the word revolve meant simply consider, and had not yet taken on the modern meaning of rotate...
...Rehnquist and Lewis Powell-and many observers expected them to reverse the trend set by the liberal Warren Court in the 1950s and '60s. Judicially activist, the Warren Court had frequently extended constitutional guarantees of free speech, equal protection and due process to safeguard individual rights, which usually meant those of the poor, minorities and criminal defendants. With the arrival of the Nixon appointees, the court was less concerned with the rights of the poor, and its decisions became more conservative. Deferential to law-and-order needs, the court was usually thought of as reluctant to tackle large issues...
...ever, are looking to stun and outrage. But whether they are singing little anthems to S-M (When the Whip Comes Down), deflating stereotypes (Some Girls) or giving the finger-pop to overbearing paramours (Beast of Burden), they seem less fierce than jaded. The songs, the attitudes are meant to have some savor of the streets. Instead, they often sound too much like café society for anyone's comfort but the Stones...
...fair because Nixon was meant to be the villain. If ever there were a symbol of self-seeking irresponsibility, of dispassionate recklessness, of calculated indifference at a time of national trauma, it was Richard Nixon. To ignore that legacy, to forget the five year's agony that was his reign, to embrace the new Nixon simply because he seems so humble and harmless, is to remove the great glaring scar that reminds America of how badly it can be burnt. We can forgive, but we cannot forget; if we do, there are platoons of Nixons, nervous upper lips sweating...
...Levin, Boston meant a long an tedious future. The town is proud of its teams and demands a winner. Levin had a losing ballclub on his hands, and the team was going steadily downhill...