In my view Iran's nuclear program is a means to an end.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

It wants to live a life of a certain magnitude, but with a view to achieving the ultimate desired end, which is to return to an inorganic state on its own terms.

它们希望生命有意义，但是还是带这完成最终愿望的心态，那就是回到最初的无生命状态。

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The Obama administration,he added, must make clear that it does not view engagement with Iran as a process without an end, but as a means to identify ends that would benefit both countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

As a young man, he was excited by the French revolution, and he retained an idealised view of Napoleon to the end of his life.

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Only that looking through the other end of the telescope gives an interestingly different view of what the necessary reforms might be.

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It used to be that progressives were people who wanted an end to prejudice and discrimination and took the view that, in crime, social causes were paramount.

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