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Some were less useful for his purposes than others.

When private charities are included, they probably spend more money for social purposes than Europeans do.

"These handbags were used for dramatically different purposes than how they are used today.

This sort of change matters more, for a lot of purposes, than the surface temperature.

"Long Islanders tend to use the railroad less for nonwork purposes than Metro-North riders," he said.

In fact, a universal, government-sponsored plan would better suit our purposes than would the setting of a treacherous precedent.

Washington's approach appears to be based partly on a belief that the North's recent moves were meant more for domestic purposes than to gain leverage internationally.

What could be better, for his purposes, than a boss with eyes only for the football field, who dismissed him as an exasperating, impulsive knucklehead?

From the beginning, President Bush has been far more interested in exploiting the public lands for commercial purposes than in protecting their environmental values.

For one thing, he said, each will contain some form of public space that can be used for more high-minded purposes than buying handbags.

Perhaps no forebear would better serve his purposes than a maverick Dominican arms dealer with a Dutchified first name and Lenape kids.