Word: meant
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...bills, printed on a peculiar plastic-like material in an unfamiliar size and adorned with never-before-seen designs, are meant to replace the old, ratty paper bills that cause germaphobes to collapse in conniptions every time they are handed change. The problem is the new bills were slipped into the economy without any public awareness campaign and minimal forewarning. A week after the plastic money was let loose on the economy, the Central Bank still hadn't updated its website to indicate that the new bills even existed. (See the top 10 public panics...
...weakened by the economy or a series of poor management decisions would undermine the public's tenuous trust in institutions such as GM (GM) and Citigroup (C). The American taxpayer may be faced with a decade in which there is no return for the government's assistance which was meant to keep critical portions of the economy from collapsing. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...least extend its length), let me begin with a brief history of the word. “Value” started from the Latin valere, passing through Old French before landing with a messy splash in English. An odd cluster of meanings branched from its two short syllables: it meant to be healthy, to be able, or to be worthy; when used to describe words, it also meant to be meaningful or to be significant. Somewhere along the way, the word evolved from describing a state of being to describing a more active means of direct evaluation...
Well, that day that you started in Anacostia and then ended up with all these amazing women and girls, can you talk a little bit about that day and what it meant to you and what you think it meant to them? Yes, I think it's a part of this theme. You know, I had this vision when as we were going through the campaign and you started thinking about, O.K., what if my husband wins and I'm the First Lady? What are the kind of things that I'd like to do? And you always get that...
...very peace-loving person, well-meaning, forgiving, mild-mannered. He meant the very best for her ... I don't think he could have foreseen that it was going to be such a mess, that they were going to make such a huge deal out of it." -Betty Yettaw, his wife...