In short, neither the distorted reality in which he lived nor the disorganized psychology of his thoughts allowed him a minimal understanding of what attorneys and judges do, of what it means to commit a crime, and of what takes place in a court.
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What should matter, in the view of most economists, is what all this means for our rate of growth and our national income per head - in other words, what should matter is how our relationship with the EU is likely to affect our national prosperity.
"Investors have finally got the idea of what it really means to have seriously different type of recovery than what we have seen in post-World War II history, " says David Mann, head of research in the Americas for Standard Chartered Bank.
The other thing, I hope it causes people to argue, to debate, to agree to disagree, but also to examine the notions of what it means to be a patriot and what are the acceptable limits of dissent.
It remains very much on the table, but everyone involved in the discussions needs to be aware of what that means, both in terms of the logistics and the implementation that I think Secretary Gates talked about last week -- and also the cost.
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So how did you assess what this means sort of culturally and politically?
What this means, of course, is that the eurozone's bailout fund (backed by taxpayers' money) will be taking a stake in failed banks.
What it means, of course, is that we are creating a world in which our sense of identity, of who we actually are, is defined by what others think of us.
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Brennan develops a theory of what it means to vote ethically given that the consequences of bad governance are so dire.
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For those firms, a baseline premise of what it means for them to be a trusted producer of goods and services is behind their push into sustainability.
How all of this plays out and what it means for the future of the Balkans is a question that may be clearer in a hundred years' time than it is this week.
At the same time, getting to the root of what a meaningful life means for each of us can be a difficult process.
It's always an inspiration to spend time with men and women who have reminded the rest of America what it means to persevere in the face of tragedy, to rebuild in the face of ruin.
We are, again, a little ahead of ourselves, because we are still monitoring the developments related to this reconciliation, what it means in terms of Palestinian leadership.
Clearly, current members of the TPP have recognized the possibilities of what this means and the contribution to the Mexican economy ibeing part of this process.
As Activision Blizzard prepares to release the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, academic Ladan Cockshut wonders what it means for the future of the game.
On behalf of a grateful nation, thanks to all of you for showing us what it means to be a citizen of this country that we love.
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And if we were to change the policies and to codify this without the proper discussion, without the proper understanding of what this means, then, in fact, we could be diminishing many of the positions in which they've been held.
There was a warning too that when it comes to organ donation, the key is our understanding of what is about to change, of what 'presumed consent' means.
It's a quick exchange, but an apt illustration of the issue at the crux of this play, which is that this brash young American cannot conceive of what family means to this elderly Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust and the deaths of her immediate family.
All of us must consider what it means to live in a world of seven billion.
And that defiant lyric - that devil-take-the hindmost repudiation of all regret - means the opposite of what the words say.
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What this means in terms of the impact on the health of the child is unclear.
And when people play them they rarely think about what any of it means.
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It's not clear what all of this means for Valve's AR work, but it's clearly still a work-in-progress.
But I think people shouldn't get carried away about what it means in terms of a gap between China and India.
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