Just as the Humphrey-Hawkins legislation in the 1970s put a new burden on the U.S. Federal Reserve, that of seeking full employment, so did Madame Lagarde appear to add a mission for the IMF, which was founded after World War II to help manage international capital flows to ward off balance-of-payment crises.

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Representative NANCY PELOSI (Democrat, California): If the president wants to add to this mission, he is going to have to justify it.

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How does this add value to our core mission?

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This, he said, would add to data currently being collected by another Canadian mission, called MOST, which is using a 15cm (6in) telescope aboard a satellite to study the sky.

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Spend more than a few hours in any Levi office and it becomes obvious that all Mr Haas's mission statements, philanthropy and so on are not just add-ons, but the core of Levi's identity.

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True, the WB will add a new comedy on Friday nights -- the animated series "Mission Hill, " about two battling brothers, is targeted at the 20-something crowd, according to lead voice Wallace Langham, who plays an aspiring cartoonist.

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