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Word: meant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This weekend the Harvard track teams experienced what Newton meant when he discovered that "what goes up must come down...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: Tracksters Suffer Through Bad Weekend | 2/12/1989 | See Source »

Sullivan's solution to the city's financial crisis was to broaden the city's tax base, and this plan meant opening parts of the city to developers...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Robert Healy and the Role of City Manager | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

Professor of Anthropology Irven DeVore said yesterday, "On reflection what I meant was, random lotteries are a civilized solution to a barbaric problem." DeVore applied his comments to Science B-29, "Human Behavioral Biology"--known popularly as "Sex"--which yesterday cut 75 students from 640 who had applied for sections...

Author: By Nara K. Nahm, | Title: Lottery for Core Course Denies `Sex' to Juniors | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

...matter how outrageous, seem persuasively real. It fitted the central claim of surrealism that dreams were superior facts, the incarnation of desire and possibility. But it needed a system of images, and that is what Dali found through what he called his "critical-paranoiac" method. In essence, it meant looking at one thing and seeing another -- an extended version of the face seen in the fire. Heads turn into a distant city, a landscape resolves itself as a still life, inexplicable combinations are seen to lurk magically beneath the skin of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Salvadore Dali,The Embarrassing Genius | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...achieve maximum visibility for his players, Doss decided to bypass high schools and compete, instead, against junior colleges. The decision keyed Upward Bound's remarkable rise to national prominence. Besides valuable travel for the girls, it meant exposure to college scouts and tough, skill-honing competition. And, Doss grins, "I knew we could beat 'em." As he'd learned the hard way, nothing succeeds like success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Upward Bound Making a Fast Break Out of the Ghetto | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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