• Beyond that, nuclear weapons would even serve the purpose of a far more ambitious aim.

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  • Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?

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  • And they weren't selected (by prosecutors) for this hearing that we've had thus far because that didn't serve the purpose of the hearing.

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  • But there are other things on the surface beginning with the air and things deeper still that instead serve the purpose of reminding you.

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  • The upcoming elections serve the purpose of making Chavez look like he is presiding over a free society but in reality provide no real chance for change.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • The law reads that the country's nuclear weapons are a "means of defence" and serve the purpose of "dealing deadly retaliatory blows at the strongholds of aggression until the world is denuclearised".

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  • Europeans, in particular, express sympathy for the argument that both serve the purpose of supplementing low wages, both are implicitly or expressly extortionate in nature and both are paid with the expectation of a quid pro quo.

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  • As a possible solution, experts have long pined for more temporary facilities that could serve the purpose of the games just fine, only to be given the thumbs down by an International Olympic Committee that equates world-class games with world-class facilities.

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  • And though easements created by private individuals are generally not open to the public, they do serve the conservation purpose of keeping the land pristine and open and undisturbed for watersheds and critical flora and fauna.

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  • She needs to get in touch with Kiin, the manager of Maanta Hotel, who, according to Raxma, a close friend of Cambara's back in Toronto, is well connected and might serve the salient purpose of Cambara's accessing information about the videocassettes and of building local contacts, including the Women's Network, which may help her with all sorts of matters.

    NPR: Somalia's Farah: Humanizing a Broken Place

  • This kind of technology poses a serious threat to hardware products like gaming consoles and GPUs, which serve the primary purpose of providing necessary computing power to run graphic intensive games.

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  • It has to serve the broader purpose of helping the economy grow and helping it create jobs.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

  • It might even serve the salutary purpose of frightening the political establishment into working together to prevent a debt crisis.

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  • Or perhaps the best option, given what's at stake, is for us to find a creative compromise that would serve the immediate purpose of reducing gun violence without registration.

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  • His health-care ideas, set out a few weeks ago, serve the political purpose of chiding Democrats (Hillary Clinton in particular), who, he says, intend to recast the American medical system on the socialistic European model.

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  • Its underlying purpose has always been to maintain economic growth across the Asia Pacific, to deal with the consequences of that growth in areas like the environment and social policy, and by doing this, to serve the underlying strategic purpose of preventing a rift forming between Asia and North America.

    CNN: The End of APEC?

  • And here you come up against the most fundamental differences - really only countries you and I know - where the government is elected by the people and its purpose is to serve the needs of the people under a system of liberty and law.

    CNN: Transcript: Interview with Margaret Thatcher

  • The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.

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  • Undisclosed sources have indicated that Russian engineers are expanding the Syrian ports of Tartus and Latakia to serve a more significant strategic purpose, "The possibility of basing aircraft carriers and missile cruisers there is foreseen, " the source told Russian newspaper, Izvestia.

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  • In some cases, as in our programs to backstop money market mutual funds, the purpose of the facility is to serve, once again in classic central bank fashion, as liquidity provider of last resort.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "This proposal - developed by national security experts - is grounded in the fact that these tactical nuclear weapons in Europe serve no meaningful purpose 20 years after the end of the Cold War, and represent nothing but a financial cost and a security risk, " argues Matt Brown, co-founder of Global Zero.

    BBC: Tactical nuclear weapons 'are an anachronism'

  • Traditionally, avant-garde fashions serve a purpose independent from the rest of the fashion industry, celebrating artistic experimentation over commercialization.

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  • "These shows that are able to be so bold and graphic and uncompromising, unflinching, stand to serve that purpose and be the sort of receptacle for all that collective anxiety, " he said.

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  • These bombings serve no purpose other than the murder of innocent men, women and children, and they only reveal the hateful and destructive agenda of those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that they deserve.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Experts said a test-launch would serve the dual purpose for North Korea of sustaining a confrontation with South Korea and the U.S. as it seeks aid and security guarantees, while also providing a propaganda message of military strength at home.

    WSJ: North Korea Moves Missile to Its East Coast

  • This latest theory, originally published in the journal BioEssays and reported in New Scientist magazine, says the key to hiccuping lies in a group of animals for whom combining closure of the glottis and contraction of the "breathing in" muscles does serve a clear purpose.

    BBC: Why we hiccup

  • In both instances, there was an effort to have the material appear to be non-partisan on its face yet serve as a partisan political message for the purpose of building the Republican Party.

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  • But Professor Robin Hambleton who specialises in City Leadership at the University of the West of England insists councillors do still serve a purpose - even if the top job is now taken.

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  • The purpose of the DOE Advanced Technology Manufacturing Program was to serve as a catalyst for accelerating sustainable transport technology, which is in the best interests of all Americans and ultimately people throughout the world.

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  • We must keep in mind that the purpose of business is to serve the interests of the work force, not the consumers to whom we will eventually try to sell our products.

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