Mr. Niyazov allowed it because it served his needs, he said.
These women were undoubtedly turned into medical specimens to serve his needs," she points out.
He also "loved no one but himself, or other people only insofar as they served his needs".
If Mr. Bush decides to try for something bigger, the question is what issue best serves his needs.
Or with his oldest buddies: "He was ardently loyal to anyone who passed the rigorous test of friendship -- for as long as they served his needs".
Louis Grumet, 67, put his house in the Fieldston area of Riverdale on the market in May 2010, reasoning that an apartment in Manhattan would better serve his needs as a new wheelchair user.
"Elektra" was the first of Strauss's six operas with a text by Hofmannsthal, but it was hardly a collaborative effort as, with the writer's blessing, Strauss cut and adapted Hofmannsthal's play to serve his needs.
Seeing him eviscerate, in casual, leisurely fashion, anyone who fails to serve his needs – from the ageing nun who has waited on three pontiffs and presumes to kiss his forehead to the Prefect for the Congregation of the Clergy – is to watch the devil at work.
Every time the customer engages with the bank, he tells the bank how to meet him where he is, and how to better serve his needs.
