But training camp serves a purpose beyond its physical intensity, Mr. Butler says.
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It serves a purpose in emergencies: African countries invoked it against Big Pharma to get cheap drugs to fight HIV.
It serves a purpose, creating a beneficial sort of peer pressure that induces more people to do good than otherwise might have.
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If you take meds for the right reasons, it serves a purpose.
Apple, the Note 8.0's unremarkable, all-plastic shell serves a purpose.
Unwittingly, Thernardier serves a purpose for good: The stolen ring on his finger when he attempts to crash the wedding of Marius and Cosette leads them to find Valjean before the dramatic moment of death.
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It is quite another to suggest that the entire industry serves a social purpose.
Though smelling food isn't a survival skill anymore, it still serves a biological purpose.
White Columns, another gallery in Manhattan, offers the Curated Artists Registry, which serves a similar purpose.
The shield in Dark Souls serves a similar purpose to duck-and-cover in Gears of War, for instance.
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When powerful pop cultural icons like Cooper affirm their homosexuality, it serves a similar purpose for gay kids.
The God particle is an integral solution to explaining a theory of everything, and thus serves a useful purpose.
In addition to being a facilitator of friendships, Facebook also serves a practical purpose for many incoming college freshmen.
Sure, the roof over our heads serves a practical purpose (anyone who has ever slept outdoors can attest to that).
For him, this combination of slugging and social work serves a higher purpose: "I am a national socialist, " he tells me cheerfully.
And he remembers that time fondly, and he certainly believes that any restoration of that kind of collegial atmosphere serves a greater purpose.
The Texas State Technical College in Harlingen serves a similar purpose.
Thus, the selfish pursuit of profit serves a social purpose.
In fact his book serves a valuable purpose by reminding us that the services we use online are becoming increasingly personalised and that there is more to search results than purely objective page rank.
While many clean technology leaders come from the male-dominated oil and gas and utility industries, research suggests that women are more likely to be drawn to cleantech because it serves a higher purpose of creating a sustainable environment for this generation and beyond.
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But while the president's newfound hard line against Beijing certainly pacifies Democrats--who have raised their criticism of China's economic policies since taking over Congress this year--Bush's stance also serves a different purpose: it encourages lawmakers to renew his "fast-track" authority to negotiate international trade agreements.
Beyond shaping the players themselves, teamwork at its best serves a deeper purpose whether it's Beastie Boy Mike D partnering with chef Sam Talbot to bring food to the Sandy-devastated Rockaways, or artists Sam Gilliam and Rashid Johnson, who have forged a mutually inspiring aesthetic bond, despite their 45-year age difference.
Although women are still underrepresented in many technology leadership positions around the world (even here in Silicon Valley), I have long believed that women have the potential to thrive in the green technology sector because it serves a higher purpose of creating a more sustainable environment for the next generation and beyond.
Winn et al., involves not direct government spending on an unconstitutional activity but rather a tax credit that serves the same purpose as a spending program.
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In truth, LA serves a more worthy purpose for the NFL by not having a team, but by remaining a threat.
Eminent domain "serves a very useful purpose, " says Mr. Barry.
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