Dozens of questions swirl around what the policy will mean in practice.

In practice, the policy meant that limited independence of communist parties was allowed.

Federal officials estimate that the new policy could mean an additional $95 a year for each of the 1.25 million asthma patients without health insurance.

These policies meant that the party was able to get support from younger urban voters and those with higher education.

But the tribal policy means that it will be hard to remain an Indian family.

For the first time in Jed's life, the company's policy meant that things were swinging his way.

What does China's one-child policy mean to the 1.4 billion people for whom it is simply a fact of life?

A common foreign policy means nothing if it cannot be implemented.

Nor does the language indicator provide any kind of incentive for an early change in this policy, and 'later' may well mean 'too late'.

More important, though, was what that policy meant for other drivers.