Long before these mandates came down, the brokerage industry began tracking cost basis, for a different purpose.

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That said, the United States is confident that by working with its allies to use their leverage as Gorbachev spokesmen are suggesting -- albeit for a quite different purpose -- much can be accomplished.

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Meanwhile a team of Swiss researchers are harnessing rays of light for an entirely different purpose -- they've figured out a way to create rain clouds by shooting laser beams into the sky.

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This "special status" had put Taylor in a "different category of offenders for the purpose of sentencing, " the judge said.

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After conducting the survey, they saw a purpose and direction for their Facebook page that was different from their online community, mykirklands.com, and they went for it.

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The foundation of our system is built on top of a numbering scheme that was created in the 1930s for an entirely different purpose.

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We have a different look and feel to us and the combination of the controls and the different purpose of what our model does is a very appropriate way for buyside clients.

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He told me that if it was released, it was for a purpose -- perhaps to let people know the depth of involvement across many governmental agencies, and many different department of defense entities in the conflict.

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