1.   A free economy does not mean the absence of any economic control.

2.   But the absence of reports does not mean an absence of cases.

3.   Entertaining clients several nights a week meant frequent absences, late arrivals and heated arguments with my mother.

4.   Karp noted that in America, the black label tended to incorporate other races, including white and American Indian, while white meant the absence of other races.

5.   Other future projects include selling Internet access to individuals through high-speed lines and offering phone service through the Internet, which would mean an absence of long-distance charges.

6.   Plotless does not mean an absence of emotion.

7.   The warm air meant the absence of the visible puffs of vapor that would have appeared from the mouths of passengers breathing the Arctic air in the northern Atlantic.