Treatment, not children, is the ultimate point of the exercise.
Cash will become identical to social points, which is the ultimate point of the money system anyway.
Jason Kidd was the ultimate point guard for much of his 19-year career in the N.B.A., but at the end of his one season with the Knicks, his magic was no more.
And that, for all the brouhaha which rightly accompanies the passage from journeyman to master, is the ultimate point: practical control over what life can be made to do.Another avowedly practical approach is that taken by Drew Endy, a researcher at Stanford University.
"Jason is a warrior, he's like the ultimate point guard," Marbury said.
Whether this unpleasant scenario comes to pass or not -- and we should all hope it does not -- is not the ultimate point.
"For the people that can afford anything, stuff made with lots of labour will be the ultimate luxury," he said, pointing to homemade cooking and raising livestock in traditional ways.
Serving at 5-6, Watson continued to be the ultimate bulldog, saving two match points before a Williams shot hit the baseline on the third.
And then, because this is an advertisement, the ultimate point is that you feel empowered to buy more Dove products next time you're at the shops.
Taking points may be the ultimate expression of your love for a partner, but if they let you do it, what does it say about their love for you?
