Word: meant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proud we were able to beat them to win the crown," Penn Coach Ed Zubrow said. "We wanted to go out and take it to Harvard early. A lot of our kids got their butts kicked last year. It meant a lot to our senior lineman to control the line...
...unusual dress, Imelda said later, was meant to show that she is a "Philippine patriot." It was also an implicit suggestion that she and her husband, longtime friends of the U.S., are now being persecuted by the government that agreed to give them asylum. The message was underscored by tobacco heiress Doris Duke, who stepped forward to post Mrs. Marcos' $5 million bail after Imelda's lawyers contended that the Marcoses had been living on "borrowed funds" since the Reagan Administration persuaded them to leave the Philippines. Why, Duke asked, "should America spend millions and millions of dollars prosecuting...
...final warning of a government clampdown came last month from Home Affairs Minister Stoffel Botha. It meant that the regime could close the Weekly Mail at any moment. Last week Botha did just that, barring publication of the small (circ. 25,000), liberal, antiapartheid tabloid for four weeks. In a statement released in Pretoria, Botha accused the Mail of "causing a threat to the safety of the public or to the maintenance of public order...
...best case scenario for Graham would be that the 2870 blank ballots--more than 17 percent of the total ballots cast--at some point were marked with a preference for her. Add to this total the number of Thompson votes which Graham claims might have been meant for her, and the outcome could go either...
Running Backs: Senior Tony Hinz (broken hand) is not expected to play. His two-week absence has meant more carries for Art McMahon (126 yards rushing two weeks ago) and Jim Reidy (76 yards rushing and 97 yards receiving against Boston University). Reidy is explosive and durable--a hard guy to drag down on the first hit. He's only 5-ft., 9-in., but can bowl over...