Word: meant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officers and enlisted men on the Stark, the duty seemed almost too routine. They had been patrolling the gulf for nearly two months, spending much of their time on "Condition Three" alert: midway in a range of five conditions, it meant that a third of the crew was on duty at all times, working four-hour shifts before taking eight hours off. The ship's varied defensive systems were all manned and presumed to be operational...
Pollster Vilen Ivanov said he found that Soviet workers feel Gorbachev's economic reforms have so far meant more work, less growth and lower incomes. "The worker's job has not yet undergone any radical change in character, organization or pay," Ivanov told Izvestia. Still, when people were asked their overall view on Gorbachev's economic policies, 90% declared their full support, and only .6% expressed opposition...
...Auchincloss's characters must struggle with this problem, one so hopelessly old-fashioned as to seem brand new. His graceful, straightforward narratives, so conventional in form, convey a rare impression: people behaving as if their actions meant something beyond the swamp of ego and the self...
...Ling Ling, Yong Yong and the other actors in what might be called China's Traveling Panda Act -- two more will be lent to the Netherlands' Beekse Bergen park this month -- are meant to do more than entertain. Pandas also carry a message: they are an endangered species with a bleak future. Only a few, 700 or so, still roam the mountains of central China, and there are not enough in zoos to ensure their survival...
...repeated. Will they clarify the mystery of what happened? It does not seem possible. The determination of the killer to kill, the passivity of the bystander are likely to remain incomprehensible. There is something about this Event that eludes rational thought. Only those who were there know what it meant to be there. The others can, at best, come close to the gate. There they must stop. They will never see the fire. They will never witness the sight of children thrown into flames alive. They will never experience the fear of selections for the execution chambers. Knowledge...