You might see McEwan's novel as a very English riposte to Roth; here, a man's life quietly founders not on shifting purpose and infidelity, but on frustration and embarrassment.
Judging by the choices of two top startups, you could see this week as a sign of cryptocurrency's shifting purpose.
Leah Moore and John Reppion's Sway, here, impressed most, with its use of the accelerometer for story-shifting purposes.
Watching sportscast has been a popular past-time activity worldwide and many viewers may choose to record their favorite games for archiving or time-shifting purposes.
He had added his own innovation, though, by using the same unwashed rag for all purposes, shifting ash and dirt from surface to surface.
This phenomenon, that is called utilization wall, has revolutionized the semiconductor industry by shifting the main purpose of chip design from a performance-driven approach to a complex multiobjective one.
The more we do this, the more we send the message to our subconscious mind that we are good, loving beings who deserve happiness and success, and the more the subconscious mind shifts its purpose.
Under other circumstances, my answer would be "yes": redirecting talents used wrongly and shifting them to good purposes is a fine idea, one that has been pursued with some success throughout history.
This same problem also was cited by the Nevada Legislature as a reason to dissolve Bullfrog County, Nevada, a short-lived county specially created in 1987 for purposes of shifting federal transfer payments related to the creation of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility directly to the state treasury.
Richards said that the idea had "served its purpose" in shifting the debate on the future of public service broadcasting by emphasising the importance of digital media.
