Word: meant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Education is my life, and to John it meant nothing. And although it seemed self-defeating to admit it, I really couldn't say that I wanted to change that. John didn't desire to read, and I didn't have the desire or hubris to tell him that he was wrong...
...glad that Tokyo has realized that it needs to take responsibility for its past actions, but I wish that the government had taken the next step, even if that meant losing a little face. If the two nations are serious about building a "friendly and cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity," they have to agree to more than a $3.2 billion loan to China and cooperation on certain environmental issues...
...litigation dragged on for four years. Finally, in 1994, the lawsuit was settled when Seaboard Flour and the Breskys, without admitting "any liability or wrongdoing," agreed to pay $10.8 million to Seaboard Corp. For practical purposes, that meant the Breskys transferred money from the family-owned Seaboard Flour to the publicly traded but still family-controlled Seaboard Corp...
That is where Jeeves comes in. Jeeves is meant to be a Cyberspace butler, capable of effortlessly answering the most commonplace requests for on-line information. You can find Jeeves at the Ask Jeeves Web site (http://www.aj.com/), an alternative to traditional Web search engines and one that is rapidly rising in popularity...
...have seen them at your local sandwich shop or supermarket: exotic-looking, oversize bottles and sleek cans with names like SoBe Wisdom, Fresh Samantha's Super Juice and Mystic Potions. Their labels are meant to suggest either New Age healing powers or the latest in scientific nutrition, and they carry prices to match: about $2 for 14 ounces of SoBe's latest line...