It also described how cultural figures were manipulated for political purposes, a familiar story that has a weird, albeit silly, echo today in the red-carpet treatment given to the French actor Gérard Depardieu by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
It serves the purpose as a familiar anthem and call for loyalty and togetherness.
Some media, however, serve an additional military purpose, two sources familiar with the projects said.
The splits in the network serve the same purpose as the familiar branches in a phylogenetic tree, that is, they separate the sequences into two groups, one either side of the branch or split.
During the Bush administration, when the United States was in still in talks with North Korea, the White House did not use intelligence officers for these purposes, an official familiar with the talks said.
9. New brochures A new France specialist has brought a breath of fresh mountain air into the market with a programme that steers well clear of the familiar purpose-built resorts and focuses on smaller, characterful villages.
If the name and purpose of Microsoft Ventures sounds familiar, it should for a couple of reasons.
I rarely, however, saw customers using places like Starbucks for the purpose I was most familiar with: unlike American college students, it didn't appear that Chinese youth gathered at coffeehouses to cram for exams or study together.
Like a worn-out sweater or a tattered blanket full of moth holes, it no longer serves any useful purpose other than being familiar.
If you have ever been pregnant, given birth, know someone who has, or seen a tabloid magazine (on accident or on purpose), then you are familiar with the line of questioning and general obsession regarding women's post-baby bodies.
