Word: meant
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...think so," said Rabbit. "It isn't meant...
...that he belonged to the Latin race. The consular aide put him straight, telling him that he was a Caucasian. "I said I'd never heard of the Cauca sian race," reports the student, "but they told me that was beside the point. I asked what ethnic classification meant. They said, 'Well, you should know your own ethnic class.' I said I'd never really given it much thought. The man said, 'You're European, Jack.' I said, 'Oh?' and he said, 'Sure.' Before I left, the man told...
Dated Legend. Getting ready for the Met meant a major change in Farrell's earthy, uninhibited and unpretentious way of life. She moved into a suite in Manhattan's Plaza Hotel from her twelve-room Staten Island house in order to get away from the distractions of her exuberant 13-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter. Weekends she spent at home with her husband (a retired New York City policeman) and the kids. She studied the stage set carefully, worried over the number of stairs she had to climb, and threatened to wear magnetic clamps...
Because of Thailand's humid climate, few paintings have survived, but the sculpture is more than sufficient to show the paradoxical versatility of Thailand's artists. The bronze Bodhisattva (see color) is a masterpiece of intricate workmanship; the lithe little dancing figure, who was meant both to protect and entertain Buddha, bends solemnly to the tinkle of music. The Buddhas that the artists made usually hewed to a perfect blending of art and tradition. Buddha's legs, tradition said, were to be like those of a deer, his thighs like the stems of banana trees, his hands...
Behind the switch from fact to fiction is one of Lederer's pet theories on writing: "When you write, you want to communicate with as many people as possible. In this case, that meant a novel...