No doubt, it was a letter stating that there were no openings.
I'm simply stating that I'm not leaving my destiny to the whim of a man.
I was simply stating that I agree with the man.
There was an old treadle sewing machine with carved drawers and even a grandfathers' clock, stating the permanent time of three p.m.
The gradient or grade of a line is the rate at which it rises or falls, above or below the horizontal, and is expressed by stating either the horizontal distance in which the change of level amounts to r ft., or the amount of change that would occur in some selected distance, such as roo ft., r000 ft.