Sentences with phrase «plain mean leading»

Since the NAACP at its national convention voted on a resolution that placed a moratorium on charter schools, the backlash from charter advocates has been angry, well - financed and sometimes just plain mean leading up to a vote of ratification by the national board, which occurred this past weekend.

Not exact matches

Plain cigarette packaging could lead to fewer smokers, but fewer smokers would mean a significant drop in revenue, requiring other taxes to increase or government spending to decrease.

Now that is what he really said, but of course he meant that Reid was so busy leading the Senate that he forgot to represent Nevada, which is just plain malarkey.

For average non-acrophobes, it probably wouldn't have meant much, but for those of us with a healthy fear of impending death (including a related fear of snakes, spiders and Abba), the idea the narrow metal staircase leading me to the apex of Sigiriya, the 6 - story - high chunk of rock sitting in the central plains of Sri Lanka, was being held in place by a series of small foundations cemented into the sheer granite rock face wasn't the most comforting.

Applying the plain, ordinary meaning, it concluded that the term «contaminant» could be interpreted in more than one way and it was unclear whether it includes lead - based paint.

In addition, the court stated that the plain, ordinary meaning of the word «pollutant» does not include lead - based paint.