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Word: meant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stricken craft left trees burning and strewn like pickup sticks in its wake. The DC-8's debris and the soldiers' personal effects were scattered in all directions. A boot remained upright. A knife hung from a web belt. A stuffed bear lay in the snow. Two tiny dresses meant for a trooper's daughter somehow escaped the flames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fall of the Screaming Eagles | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...cuddly Care Bears has prompted a toymaking rush to stuffed animals. The friskiest new critters in sales are Pound Puppies, a breed of soft, sad-eyed and bewrinkled hounds packaged in kennel-shaped carrying cases. They come in 80 different patterns of brown, tan, gray and white, and are meant to be "adopted," like Cabbage Patch Kids. The youngster who gets one can send to the manufacturer, Tonka, for a dog tag and ownership papers. Minnesota-based Tonka, which is diversifying from its traditional line of sturdy toy trucks, expects to sell some $50 million worth of Pound Puppies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle of the Fun Factories | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Regarding that honor, Collins said, "There's quite a tradition behind being captain at Harvard, but what really meant the most to me was being selected by the hundred guys I've played together with for the past two or three years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scott Collins: Academic All-American | 12/10/1985 | See Source »

...from the inception...") and admitting his desire to affect national policies. On the same day that he said the group was never intended to be political, Lown declared that he was disappointed with a lack of "success" at the summit on the subject of arms control and that this meant his group would have to work even harder. And this isn't politics...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Wallowing in the Mud | 12/10/1985 | See Source »

...senseless murder of any person is a tragedy, but the loss of "someone who made so much meaningful music that meant so much to so many people," is especially to be mourned, said Michael E. Rosenberg '85, former station manager of WHRB...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lennon Remembered on Anniversary of Murder | 12/9/1985 | See Source »

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