• 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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  • 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.

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  • 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.

    FORBES: America's Negative S&P Rating: Premonitions of a Debt Crisis?

  • 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.

    CNN: A background check even the NRA could love?

  • 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?

  • "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.

    FORBES: H&M's Attempt To Mass Market Avant-Garde Is A Let Down

  • Middle management is usually swimming in projects calculated to serve the quantitative goals of the organization, not its brand purpose.

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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.

    CNN: 2012's TV lessons for 2013

  • 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

  • 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.

    BBC: With a mayor in charge in Bristol, why bother voting?

  • 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.

    FORBES: What If Barack Obama And Paul Krugman Ran A Business?

  • The various Arab laws and regulations have generally stipulated, just as in the Western system, that attorneys are agents of the judges, and that their purpose is to serve justice and the public welfare.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • The purpose of this organization is to serve as an accelerator in building meaningful relationships.

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  • Such a tax would help to remind our elected officials that the purpose of elected office is to serve the public, not themselves.

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  • Because when you realize that the purpose of your business is to serve your customers , you will not only stop offending your prospects, you will gain more customers at a lower cost.

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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.

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  • Here, then, puns seem to serve a purpose beyond the merely frivolous - to impart shades of meaning in an economical fashion, perhaps, or to render lessons and concepts more vivid and memorable to listeners.

    BBC: The pun conundrum

  • There's no saying who might ultimately bid on this elephant bird egg, but, clearly, it takes an eccentric -- someone prone to spending money on things that don't serve a greater purpose beyond just being weird for the sake of weird.

    CNN: Apparently This Matters: Giant elephant bird egg

  • Courting the easterners in the last weeks of summer may thus serve a double purpose.

    ECONOMIST: Germany

  • The conventional wisdom held that many consumers were seeking less-expensive housing alternatives, and manufactured homes, which often can be purchased for less than half the cost of a traditional home, would serve that purpose.

    WSJ: Tide Changes for Manufactured Housing

  • Trading exchanges make sense for vanilla products, but when it comes to highly unique, illiquid deals of the Abacus variety, an exchange would serve no purpose.

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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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  • "Raising interest rates further would serve no useful purpose, " said Peter Morici, a business professor at the University of Maryland.

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