Dictionary definition: mean

Article: Lotto's a mug's game, but we'll keep playing.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 13, 2009 ;     686 words ... ... because an ancestor pimped for a long dead monarch. They're not Michael Jackson's father living off a dead son. So by all means let us resent a banker's unjustified bonus and an MP his ill-gotten duck house, but those whose numbers came up last weekend ...

Article: SUPER SUB; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... complex than the space shuttle" - and her onboard nuclear reactor means she'll never need to be refuelled. The mighty pounds 1 ... optical mast system in place of the traditional sea periscope. It means operators can observe hi-tech images on TV screens and the ...

Article: ENGLAND HAS HELPED MAKE A MAN OF ME; ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... potential to a player of fully grown menace. He said: "The fact my club manager has had the belief in me to put me right up front means a lot. Now I'd love to make George Burley take notice so maybe I get that No.9 shirt for Scotland as well. "All the young ...

Article: Ibrox debt rockets to pounds 31.1million; TITLE WARNING FOR GERS ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... facility is no longer available to us. "Rangers'ambitions will have to be fuelled bysomething different." By that Johnston means a new owner and he added he is still working on that front, although he admitted he knew nothing of a report in one paper yesterday ...

Article: Musher sought for one-of-kind job in Alaska.(News)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  November 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... breaking our own trail, and we end up doing a lot of snowshoeing in front of the team at times." Summer is tourist season. That means three daily hourlong interpretive programs for the hundreds of tourists who visit the kennel each day. This summer more than ...

Article: Zags eyeing same high expectations; Tuesday: UW; Wednesday: WSU; ...
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  November 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... long time since I've played with a 'big' that wants to hang out in the paint and bang with people," says Bouldin. "I mean, he's fearless down there. He's going to hurt some people. He lays a beating on you." Beyond that, Gonzaga will rely ...

Article: Pools of Yemeni IDPs ignored -- aid groups.
UPI Emerging Threats;  November 12, 2009 ;     433 words ... ... Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday says many in the displaced community seek shelter with host families. The focus on camps means that what happens to the majority of displaced people, those who seek refuge with host communities, is often ignored, said ...