The charge will probably mean a fourth-quarter loss, but company officials said they expected a profit for 1986 as a whole.

The new charge will mean a loss of $253 million instead.

Do the legal charges of the Hidran government mean nothing?

Just because someone makes a charge does not mean you're guilty.

But for at least two of the physicians, the charges mean nothing.

No charges against him means there is nothing for blatter to be accused of.

Conviction on the federal civil rights charges could mean sentences of up to life in prison.

If he is convicted, the new charges could mean another sentence of similar length.

Because new officers are on probation for their first two years, the charges effectively meant the end of his career.

But criminal charges and exile have not meant banishment from politics.