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The question, obviously, is whether or not these small steps serve any purpose.
By preserving its unity of purpose and maintaining the pressure and negotiating momentum that it has generated, Europe can demonstrate to Iran, the US, and itself that it has what it takes to be a major global actor.
Whereas the Internet quickly gave rise to email, the World Wide Web, and millions of viable commercial ventures used by billions of people, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin do not even fulfill their own stated purpose.
Recently, the Copenhagen Consensus, whose purpose is to weigh the costs and benefits of different solutions to the world’s biggest problems, commissioned new research into the merits of different methods of combating terrorism.
After helping Europe recover from the ruins of World War II, multilateralism gave countries a common purpose: to improve their citizens’ wellbeing and quality of life.
Multilateralism must evolve with the explicit purpose of serving all those who long for better lives.
It kept the faithful off drugs, and provided employment in its enterprises, offering not only a livelihood, but also a sense of meaning and purpose.
And it shows the hold of charismatic leaders over vast numbers of people who find validation and purpose in unthinking obeisance.
An up-to-date system of EU supervision is more crucial than ever if Europe’s financial system is to serve its proper purpose.
So, targeting quantitative objectives can be a useful innovation, but only as long as its purpose is to provide a new tool in managing certain aspects of the state’s performance.
Founded by the remarkable Lena Nemirovskaya, the school’s purpose was to introduce young post-communist Russians to democracy, self-government, and capitalism.
The ostensible purpose of the summit is to make those changes in the European Union’s decision-making machinery that would enable it to cope with the admission of at least 12 new members, mainly from Central and Eastern Europe.
Ostensibly, the purpose of the Parliament’s censure motion was to sanction the Commission for what was alleged to be the maladministration of the European Union’s 1996 budget; and there were (and remain) accusations in the air of fraud and corruption.
Although its purpose is to help judges and attorneys to understand the science from which legal evidence is derived, its index contains no entry for earthquakes.
While so-called “win-win” outcomes are increasingly considered to be the ultimate purpose of every negotiation, what if the negotiating parties contemplate a win-win outcome that actually harms non-participants to the talks, or is against the law?
Call them members – or even sellers of their own cognitive surplus through an exchange set up for that purpose.
During the Balkan wars of the 1990’s, women were raped for the purpose of bearing the enemy’s children.
Vasella's current catchwords are "human rights" and "corporate citizenship," but we have recently seen other similar examples of businesses trying to "do good" (or perhaps just trying to look good) while deviating from their primary purpose.
That is the purpose behind the Global Ocean Commission, an independent international body comprising former heads of state, ministers, and business leaders.
In early 2012, in his speech to the annual People’s Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao, explaining why the government’s indicative target for economic growth in 2012 was 7.5%, pointed out that the purpose was “to guide people in all sectors to focus their work on accelerating the transformation of the pattern of economic development and making economic development more sustainable and efficient.”
Monuments and memorials can also serve an important purpose in providing an enduring reminder not only of the victims, but also of the state’s promise never to allow such atrocities to happen again.
These companies are formed for the sole purpose of pushing good ideas through the development pipeline.
But it will also provide a golden opportunity to realize the country's potential through a strategy of sensible investment - the original purpose of the Petroleum Fund.
It is true that not all debt is created equal, and there is a strong case for adding more of it if the purpose is to finance highly productive infrastructure investments.
To fulfill what has been seen since then as its distinctive purpose – holding power to account – a free press needs information.
But NATO expansion as proposed will not effectively serve an anti-Russian purpose either.
Sports can also strengthen social relationships, by bringing together people from different backgrounds and creating a sense of shared purpose and identity.
Like the capital controls in Greece (and, until recently, in Cyprus), the purpose is to stem the crisis while better mechanisms are implemented.
That is the main purpose behind the proposed taxes on foreign exchange transactions now being discussed around the globe, as well as devices like Chile's extra reserve requirements on foreign-owned deposits.
They embodied the Franco-German commitment to a unified, peaceful Europe, able to pull its weight globally only if and when it acts in unity and with a sense of purpose.
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