Word: meant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Blind Date is not really meant to teach lessons. In fact, it is silly, silly, silly--so silly that it is hysterically funny in a way that moronic comedies ought to be. It's almost campy...
Barish contrasted the Persephone dance with an ABC benefit dance held earlier this winter, at which organizers distributed condoms and pamphlets about AIDS. Like the week-long Festival of Life last year, the event was meant to be educational, as well as raise money, ABC President George E. Hicks '87-'88 says...
Practically, this meant that if both legislative bodies could not find the two-thirds majorities necessary to override the veto, Reagan would take this as a sign that he retained enough of his waning power to continue vetoing bills throughout the summer...
...reading of literature. Just as there may be no definitive best reading of a poem, Walzer argues, so neither you nor your roommate may be able to give the best interpretation of your earlier agreement. But neither the difficulty of textual criticism nor that of resolving exactly what you meant four weeks ago needs prevent your attempt to do just that. when your roommate says,"you think Madonna is disturbing--I can't work without her," you can respond by pointing out the noise level and the possibility that a Walkman might solve both your problems...
...Plimpton meant to be funny, of course, but the medical and exercise experts on the advisory Body Worry committee didn't laugh when they saw the results of Remar's screening physical. Turned out that he had mild heart disease; his lungs and liver were also impaired, probably from heavy smoking and drinking. Remar's muscle odyssey suddenly expanded into a serious quest for health. He'd already stopped his three packs a day. In January 1986, he began his new regimen by quitting the booze. For the first three months, he and his personal trainer weighed and recorded every...