They meant well, but their rationale laid the foundation for some of the problems inherent in the system today.

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In a recent Reuters post, Sony said they are setting out to reform the TV segment, well, they meant THEIR TV segment, but the point is that the whole TV segment IS changing.

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The best these portable fuel cells can perform is about as well as the lithium batteries they're meant to supplant.

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They believed in education, for women as well as men, which meant mathematics, chemistry and geology as much as Latin and Greek.

ECONOMIST: The surprising story of a north country architect

That three-wicket drama meant Katich and Clarke had to restore some kind of order and they survived well until lunch, nudging the score to 74-3.

BBC: Australia recover from poor start

Studies of the blowout preventer's two control pods suggest that a flattish battery and a dodgy valve meant that neither was in a fit state to close off the well automatically when they should have, which BP takes as evidence of poor maintenance by Transocean.

ECONOMIST: BP casts the blame for the Gulf oil spill widely

QUIST-ARCTON: Well, this peace deal, or this apparent peace deal that they were hoping for overnight, was meant to be the beginning of the end of three years of fighting.

NPR: Negotiations for Darfur Peace Extended in Nigeria

These press conferences are meant to set the agenda for the campaign, they provide the opportunity of clips for the TV news, as well as quotes and feelings about the way the campaign is going - in other words they are important.

BBC: Ladies' Day at Westminster