Purpose
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As was the case a century ago, vain and ignorant leaders are pushing into battle without clear
purpose
or realistic prospects for resolution of the underlying political, economic, social, or ecological factors that are creating the tensions in the first place.
The fundamental
purpose
of drug companies is to produce profits for shareholders.
The CDU-FDP coalition prefers to sugarcoat the situation by convincing themselves of an Anglo-Saxon conspiracy, abetted by those in the European crisis countries unwilling to perform and reform and whose only
purpose
is to make the Germans pay.
Distrust and national egoism are spreading rapidly, devouring European solidarity and common
purpose.
To remove investment protection – at a time of instability and insecure property rights, no less – is antithetical to the
purpose
of such treaties.
In the original vision of central banking, price stability was not at all an obvious purpose, since the value of money was cast in terms of specific weights of precious metals.
And an investment budget has little to do with the
purpose
of a stabilizing mechanism: to cushion economic shocks.
Just a couple of weeks before Memon’s execution, India’s Law Commission, a government body composed of retired judges and legal experts that works for legal reform, organized consultations to assess the effectiveness of the provisions governing the death penalty in India and the
purpose
of the penalty itself.
UNESCO was created 70 years ago for this purpose, and it leads a global program for Holocaust education and genocide prevention, working with governments and teachers to instill this history in classrooms.
It possesses an “invisible hand,” which operates through market prices to provide an information system that can be used to calculate whether using resources for a given
purpose
is worthwhile – that is, profitable.
If Europe wants to pull its weight on the global stage, it will have to act with greater unity of
purpose
and shoulder a greater share of responsibility.
The US Constitution’s framers envisioned another key
purpose
for the pardon power: to help end conflicts and reconcile with political foes.
Recalling the ways in which the pardon power has been used in the past highlights the perversity of the Arpaio affair and its singular reactionary purpose: to denigrate and, where possible, reverse Obama’s achievements and, indeed, his values.
We propose that the Council’s permanent members, along with key Middle Eastern states, appoint humanitarian envoys whose sole
purpose
would be to secure access to those in need.
The EU has a powerful logic and
purpose
in the twenty-first century.
He did not care about Cuba’s economy or its people: his
purpose
was to pursue revolution for its own sake, whatever it meant, like art for art’s sake.
They are eager for a sense of
purpose
and identity – emotional goods that radical Islam, and ISIS ideology in particular, can offer.
We must approach the Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to carry on the work of the MDGs, with a clear direction, a sense of purpose, and strong resolve.
Of course, QE and ultra-low interest rates served a
purpose.
It includes a call for an annual European Council session on security and defense, as well as for a strategic debate about the
purpose
of EU foreign relations.
The European Union, a political community built on democratic consensus, was not established in order to bring about the end of the nation-state; its
purpose
has been to turn nationalism into a benign force of transnational cooperation.
NATO’s purpose, in the blunt phrase of its first secretary general, Lord Hastings Ismay, was to “keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down.”
The main tactical
purpose
of the attack was to kill large numbers of civilians, thereby demonstrating to the Japanese the high cost of continuing the war.
Soon afterwards, the newly created UN, established with the express
purpose
“to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,” took the threat posed by nuclear arms as its first priority.
Can Asia Free Itself from the IMF?BERKELEY – There has never been a question about the ultimate
purpose
of the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI), the system of Asian financial supports created in 2000 in that Thai city.
That purpose, of course, is to create an Asian Monetary Fund, i.e., a regional alternative to the International Monetary Fund, whose tender ministrations during the 1997-98 financial crisis have not been forgotten or forgiven.
This would appear to nullify the very
purpose
of the arrangement, which is to free Asia from the IMF.
(While some have been attracted to the idea of confining a new trade partnership to America’s closer friends and allies, thereby excluding China, it is difficult to see how this would serve any constructive purpose.)
The new Defense Cooperation Guidelines between the US and Japan will serve the same purpose, and help secure peace in the region for years to come.
Then one day it might become a popular tourist attraction – and finally serve a useful
purpose.
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