But some will inevitably suspect an ulterior motive, at least in the timing of the attack.

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Maybe Clint Eastwood has an ulterior motive for speaking at the Republican National Convention two weeks ago.

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Google has actually been using reCAPTCHA with an ulterior motive: crowdsourcing the digitization of old newspapers and books.

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The question is whether this was just a coincidence, or whether there was an ulterior motive involved here.

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But some Bolivians detect an ulterior motive in the row.

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The Rwandans may also have an ulterior motive.

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With regard to both the business records and delayed notification sections of the Patriot Act (among others), the stance taken by the American Civil Liberties Union and like-minded critics seems to have an ulterior motive.

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"I know people may see an ulterior motive but the reality is we just really like the game of golf, and we think the sport should be treated fairly as per other industries out there, " says Mr. Stoffer, the NDP legislator.

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In my freshman phys ed class at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, we were required to learn to shoot a rifle for target shooting purposes (although I think planting the seed of arming future inner-city pharmacists was an ulterior motive).

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