Meanwhile, "school improvement", meaning raising standards measured in exam results and league tables, has moved to front and centre of what the Schools Co-operative Society does, with seven devolved regional organisations setting up their own school improvement teams.
Meanwhile, the meaning of the slang noun freak -- first recorded in Finley Peter Dunne's 1895 "Mr. Dooley" in The Chicago Evening Post as "the deluded ol' freak" -- has also been getting quirkier with the passage of time.
Developments credits that were purchased using $7 million in state funds, meanwhile, were permanently retired, meaning no new houses could be built as a result.
Both the Nexus One and Milestone, meanwhile, allow for multitasking, meaning you can flit between applications without having to close them down, which the iPhone has yet to achieve.
The cat's life, meanwhile, has been leached of meaning.
Meanwhile, well-meaning charities and the city itself continue to pump good money after bad into Brightmoor.Yet despite all the gloom, there is a bit of a sense that things might just be starting to turn, and the reason is simple: Detroit is now incredibly cheap.
Meanwhile, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose lurked at seven under, meaning the world's top-ranked player (Woods), second-ranked player (Mickelson) and third-ranked player (Els) were all within striking distance.
Meanwhile, the job market has dwindled, meaning students are going to have an even shittier time paying back their debts.
Meanwhile, in Minnesota, uff da is common, meaning "oops, ouch, good grief" or even stronger yowls of mental pain.
Meanwhile the older genre of "public art", meaning art commissioned and devised to occupy public space, has struggled to keep up.
