But again, history shows that purpose-built capitals often take far longer than anticipated to finish.
Both arguments reveal a woeful and dangerous ignorance of the text, history, and purpose of the Geneva Conventions.
The legislative history suggests that its purpose was to open federal courts to legal claims by foreign ambassadors serving in the U.S., and the statute remained in relative obscurity for its first 171 years, being invoked only three times.
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Their attitude to Shakespeare was transformed, since it could no longer be claimed that history had a clear moral purpose.
The heritage project itself focuses solely on Jewish history but only for a particular educational purpose, the government says.
Three weeks from now this will become the largest city on earth, the largest single-purpose gathering of humanity in history.
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Common requirements include: purpose of the loan, history of the business, financial statements for three years (existing businesses), schedule of term debts (existing businesses), aging of accounts receivable and payable (existing businesses), projected opening-day balance sheet (new businesses), lease details, amount of investment in the business by the owner(s), projections of income, expenses and cash flow, signed personal financial statements and personal resume(s).
China has a history of mobilizing its masses for a common purpose.
More than one million historical objects reflecting Cumbria's history have been moved from Carlisle Castle to a purpose-built base at Petteril Bank.
The most sensible purpose would be to make it a pure history museum, not about fame or morality but about historical significance.
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Sensing perhaps that history was beckoning, England began the second half with purpose and it was Burgess, put through by a lovely Gareth Ellis pass, who finished a sustained period of pressure with a lovely try.
Yet history will record that amid our differences, we acted with purpose.
Jon Ramer: Embedded in my history and deep in my bones is the idea that our purpose here on earth is to help mend and heal the world.
He understood American power, in all its complexity, and believed that when it is applied with purpose and principle, it can tip the scales of history.
Breay says although the meaning of Magna Carta over the centuries has become different from its original purpose, it still represents a pivotal moment in British history.
With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us abandon our history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of government benefits and security for all.
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With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.
We may feel like flotsam and jetsam on the vast rivers of history, but when the currents are directed toward a final destination, it gives us purpose and meaning.
And as a curious footnote to history (which I learned years later), one batch of NeXTs bought for the purpose of running Mathematica went to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland where they ended up having no less distinction than being the computers on which the web was first developed.
The main purpose of this text is to protect shipwrecks, which are key to understanding our history, especially the development of trade routes.
In a thoughtful study, Stephen Asma examines how natural-history museums fulfil the sometimes conflicting functions of education and entertainment, and how far their scientific purpose has been distorted by crowd-pleasing gimmicks.
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