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This abuse of religion for political purposes has been tremendously damaging for American politics.

Reclaiming industrial structures for aesthetic purposes has been a trend in real estate for some time.

Research into genetic therapy for legitimate medical purposes has been taking place for years, with only limited success so far.

One of my life-long purposes has been to make the world safe for ambivalence and indecision".

"A special carton of blood, apparently for transfusion purposes, has been rushed into the emergency ward," a KLIF announcer reports.

Yet team officials have already spent an inordinate amount of time talking about Marbury, who, for all practical purposes, has been the Knicks' 15th man since opening night.

Around the world, investigators sometimes have no way of knowing whether money contributed for charitable purposes has been diverted for the purposes of terror.

"They start with the core of a case that for all intents and purposes has been established," he said, adding, "It surely doesn't mean a quiet, easy exit".

Over the past few years the issue of Vietnamese children being trafficked specifically for criminal purposes has been highlighted by NGOs and in specialist police reports.

The alteration of photos for propaganda purposes has been with us as long as photography itself; it is not an invention of the digital age.

She is also a prominent public figure who, in using her wealth for philanthropic and political purposes, has been vocal about her interest in improving women's economic prospects.