More than 250m Chinese internet users have taken to microblogs for many purposes, plenty of them purely recreational.
Because that means we will use Internet-based information for many more purposes, which will have a bigger role in society.
As a conductor of light beams, a given volume of the fibers can carry many times as many impulses as a similar volume of copper wire, and may eventually obsolete the latter in telephone communications--as well as in computers, aircraft and for many military purposes.
The fact that so many different people use the internet for so many different purposes is exactly why we struggle to come up with broad-based consensus on how the internet should be regulated (if at all) in the first place.
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If the court strikes down DOMA for tax purposes, many same-sex couples in those states will face higher tax bills.
In particular, corporate-governance regulations in many parts of the world require companies to archive electronic records for many years for compliance purposes.
We found that the overwhelming majority of bikers use their motorcycle for recreational purposes and many actively seek out routes that offer fantastic scenic touring experiences.
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These applications were written for specific purposes over many years.
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Some return less than 0.25%, and that's before expenses, which many funds absorb for marketing purposes.
And, of course, it is admirable and desirable for the leaders of successful public companies to use some of their personal fortune for charitable purposes, as many have throughout history and many do now.
For many people the focus is on non-tax purposes they can serve: to hold money for minors, forestall spendthrift family members or protect assets from former spouses or creditors, for example.
Many charities allow for designated giving for specific purposes via check but not by other means.
Many are still being used for their original purposes.
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But as with many chemicals, it can be manipulated and used for purposes which it was not intended for.
Many computers now contain multiple HDDs for expanded storage and backup purposes.
There are many other yields to compare them to, but for purposes of isolating factors having to do with growth, the most useful is to compare equity yields with bond yields, especially government bonds.
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Such issues by state and local governments and authorities, many of them tax-exempt, are used for public purposes such as schools, sewers and water systems-financing projects often launched by elected officials and closely scrutinized by taxpayers.
Many of these appear to have been offered more for public relations purposes rather than for serious negotiation.
It was true: the PRI, when in power, paid some journalists extravagantly, and supported many newspapers and other media in return for coverage that suited its purposes.
The federal complaint says many users were led to believe that they actually owned their virtual plots of land, on which many players build digital homes and shops that they use for business purposes.
Many city mayors are implementing car sharing and electric vehicle schemes for these purposes, while we see more corporations asking for electric and petrol-electric hybrid models in their fleets to support their corporate sustainability targets.
Many companies require their top executives to use corporate jets or cars for security and time management purposes.
Such activities are routinely prohibited by many-computer use policies, although employees are seldom disciplined for occasional sue of work computers for personal purposes.
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