Mr. Kidder created a company playbook, with everything from the purpose of the organization to how to run meetings.
Sometimes, the numbers speak for themselves, and getting hung up their presentation serves only to distract us from the purpose of the data.
The case spotlights the tricky world of donor intent, an area that is prone to fights over the initial objectives of a donor, sometimes decades later, between benefactors and their heirs and the institutions they believe have strayed away from the purpose.
While the visual effect is imposing and impressive from the outside, the purpose of the auditorium's high roof was to enhance the acoustics on the inside (with limited success).
Unlike a fallout shelter that protects from radioactive debris, the main purpose of the building was to protect from shock waves and overpressure.
He said that the benefit might stem from the increased "purpose of life" felt by believers.
Rather a drastic departure from the original economic purpose of the reserve to fill actual or imminent supply gaps in oil markets.
In effect, the more people gave privately, the less would be taken from them coercively for the same purpose.
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The building was designed by William Errington in 1875 with the purpose of bringing water from the Western Springs Reservoir to Auckland.
In 1988, he founded the Krieble Institute for the purpose of training individuals from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in business and political leadership.
The experience was very similar to getting an MBA from the best global university in the world. 250 of us, from 60 different countries, gathered for the common purpose of economic progress based on mutual interest and mutual respect.
The aim was "to lock people out from coming here solely for the purpose of claiming benefits", he added.
Finally, the source of the unreported assets cannot be derived from illegal activity. (For this purpose, the proceeds of a tax evasion scheme from a legitimate business are not deemed to be from an illegal activity.) If all of these elements of voluntary disclosure are met, the IRS generally will not prosecute the taxpayer for the noncompliance.
"From our standpoint, the purpose will be to facilitate the early resumption of the six-party talks, " P.
The armed forces are exempt from the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act "for the purpose of ensuring the combat effectiveness".
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That the schools know this is their main purpose is clear from the prominence of the university destinations of alumni in prospectuses and on websites.
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It is essentially a closed platform, which makes it challenging and costly for hospitals to interface Epic with clinical or billing software from other companies for the purpose of merging patient information.
However, if you withdraw money from the plan for a purpose other than eligible college expenses, you will be subject to federal income tax and an additional 10% federal tax penalty on earnings.
Once a quarter each member of GWS team gets to choose a day where he or she can unplug from the office for the purpose of devising new ideas and directions for the firm as a whole.
That won't stop many analysts from speculating that the real purpose of the Medco divestment is to create a massive war chest that Merck will use to buy new drugs--or perhaps to merge with another drug firm like Schering-Plough (nyse: SGP - news - people), with which it co-promotes several drugs, or Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people).
According to research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, many individuals want a sense of purpose and achievement from the work they do.
The costs of this and other lawsuits, claims the Foundation, distracted from their true purpose while creating too great a financial risk for the future.
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The 1225 charter was a refined version (the early 67 clauses had been cut by almost half) of the original, but it served the same purpose: to protect the populace from autocracy and tyranny.
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Over the centuries, many things have served the purpose, from beads to cowrie shells to pigs.
Traditionally, avant-garde fashions serve a purpose independent from the rest of the fashion industry, celebrating artistic experimentation over commercialization.
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The communities where these firms are headquartered benefit from the concentration of inventiveness and purpose that drives entrepreneurs to take risks, invent products, and establish companies.
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But, as governments became less malevolent, an exercise designed to extract value from the populace became one whose purpose was to improve the quality of administration.
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Jumping from job to job for the sole purpose of monetary gain is a big mistake.
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