According to Gruber, that's just one step below "design verification test, " which is what that stolen iPhone 4 prototype was -- meaning the CDMA iPhone is apparently just two hops away from production.
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That is what will give real meaning to our creed.
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No, what really bothers me is that firms (meaning, of course, their managers and shareholders) have been forced, upon penalty of fines and damages, to participate in the contentious global warming debate.
Even Bill Bratton himself said in 1998 that "zero tolerance is neither a phrase that I use nor one that captures the meaning of what happened in New York City".
Unless you employ what is known as "basic strategy" (meaning that you make the best move in every situation), the house will get the better of you the longer you play.
We've seen many banks cut back on what they call wholesale lending, meaning the bank is funding mortgages that mortgage brokers are actually taking the paperwork for.
Infuse, Medtronic's spinal fusion device, was the first and only device to get what is called a new technology add-on payment, meaning that doctors could get extra money from Medicare to pay for it.
But he says that the original meaning of the constitution is not what its authors expected the language they used in the document to do solely during their lifetime, but what they meant it to say.
So a lot of our portfolio positioning, at this point, is geared toward what we call money-printing beneficiaries, meaning that ideas and positions that we believe will not only weather an environment where governments are printing a lot of money, but even benefit and provide an insurance policy for our investors.
Pistorius could still see his charge downgraded to culpable homicide, meaning that he unintentionally killed Steenkamp, which is what he maintains.
It's true that a drone is precise, meaning it will hit what it is aimed at -- a building, a bunker or a person.
But what I like most of all is that so much bad news is out there, meaning expectations are low.
Philosophers tell us that meaning is to some extent created by our view of what something is: a table is only a table if you know what a table is.
In the case of Cerberus, it has been reported that its chief executive has relatives in Newtown, meaning that the corporate boss has tied his business to what is now happening in that community.
And so he says that whether Mr. Bennett's statement is false depends upon what the meaning of "is" is.
It has established what it calls an indigenous innovation policy, meaning it wants Chinese-origin technology that is owned by Chinese companies.
But what really worries me is if the cuts are so harsh that they suddenly destroy family budgets, meaning people won't be able to keep up mortgage payments.
"Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is" is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe.
The average state score on the Voter Involvement Index was 24, meaning that on average only one in four voters is on top of what's going on in the election.
What's more, the VR3 is engineered to multitask, meaning you can work on a spreadsheet while that e-mail is downloading.
They are what is fundamentally important to us and give our lives meaning and a sense of self-worth, and that can quickly get scary.
What I learned about music is that it can have nothing to do with words, instrumentation, image, message or meaning.
Currently, the community rating ratio is three to one meaning that insurers can charge older patients no more than three times what they charge younger ones.
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But the opportunity cost, meaning what you give up for being safe, is too high for an equity investor who in that case might do better in bonds.
"The basic idea of a hyperinstrument is where the technology is built right into the instrument so that the instrument knows how it's being played literally what the expression is, what the meaning is, what the direction of the music is, " Machover says.
This is when the way a choice is structured nudges you into making a choice that is believed to be better for you, meaning that people are under-choosing on average compared to what would maximize their welfare.
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