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But, in order to move from aspiration to implementation, Europeans must muster the unity of
purpose
that so far has been conspicuously absent in EU energy policy.
The
purpose
of Lula’s visit was to support his personally appointed presidential candidate, Dilma Rousseff, who was formerly his chief of staff and the main architect of the government’s investment program, designed in 2007 to accelerate growth.
Is the
purpose
of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
The
purpose
of the European fiscal framework is to lengthen the time horizon of policy and to make decision-makers more aware of the debt-sustainability challenges that they face.
But, while a borderless world remains to be realized, the
purpose
of political borders has changed in the era of globalization.
To survive in a different, much tougher world, the EU must redefine its
purpose.
Using an existing mechanism, albeit for a new purpose, would be much more efficient than creating a new one.
And the following month, the EU’s foreign policy chief announced plans to form a “special
purpose
vehicle” to “assist and reassure economic operators pursuing legitimate business with Iran.”
The reappearance of the same four arguments developed a quarter-century ago by an industry that benefits from delaying climate policies – arguments used with great success precisely because their origin and true
purpose
were hidden from the public – looks a lot like the tortoise’s four wiggling feet.
With developed economies’ competitors, including China, investing heavily in AI, policymakers should be increasing support for basic research and ensuring that their countries have the physical and human resources they need to invent and manufacture everything connected with this major new general
purpose
technology.
Kim gave away little, and was probably stunned when, for the first time ever, a US president accepted at face value North Korea’s supposed anxiety about US joint military exercises with South Korea (which the North Koreans know to be defensive in purpose).
The idea was that an individual could buy a computer and the software needed for a specific (and increasingly complicated) purpose, and immediately generate a productive result.
Two EU members in particular, Hungary and Poland, are now jeopardizing hard-won European democratic norms – and thus undermining the very
purpose
of European integration.
The khrushchevki’s
purpose
was to foster personal privacy.
I could do that too (after I learn how), but doesn’t that kind of defeat the
purpose?
Around the time when India’s prohibition of sodomy was enacted, John Stuart Mill was writing his celebrated essay On Liberty , in which he put forward the following principle:...the only
purpose
for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Sometimes it is claimed that homosexuality is wrong because it is “unnatural,” and even a “perversion of our sexual capacity,” which supposedly exists for the
purpose
of reproduction.
A Tobin tax would raise the cost of short-term finance, some argued, somehow missing the point that this is in fact the very
purpose
of a Tobin tax.
The IMF was established at Bretton Woods in 1944 to serve one
purpose
only: to supervise the operation of the system of fixed exchange rates established at Bretton Woods.
Put simply, the G-20 is failing in its primary and original
purpose
of enhancing global financial and monetary stability.
All Sufi groups share the conviction that religion’s
purpose
is not simply to obey laws and perform rituals; intimate personal communion with the Divine is crucial.
They know that employment opportunities constitute a basic human right, and that work is a source of dignity, giving individuals a sense of
purpose
and strengthening communities.
The second test is whether the primary
purpose
of the proposed military action is to halt or avert the threat in question.
Other major emerging economies’ policymakers would be wise to act with the same
purpose
in mind.
Inclusive capitalism is ultimately about re-embracing business’s purest purpose: to solve problems and improve people’s lives.
The Treasury does not intervene in currency markets to bolster the dollar, and the Fed does not raise interest rates for that
purpose.
While some of the funds serve that
purpose
and must be held in the most liquid form, most of these large holdings are investment funds that will be managed to balance risk and return.
Others consider a Greek exit to be just the start of the inevitable unraveling of a scheme that does not serve the
purpose
for which it was created.
That is why, this year, a series of Eurogroup meetings were held with the avowed
purpose
of averting such an outcome.
In permitting the murder of people whose only
purpose
is the preservation of human dignity, Russia is losing its hope for a better future.
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