What they want to buy is light, heat, motive power.

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To the extent that electrified transport offers an alternative to oil, such as subways, trolleys, and trains actually do today, and electric cars might hypothetically do tomorrow, taxing their motive power can only make the situation worse.

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If they falter, the market must lose some motive power even in a prolonged low interest rate setting.

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The fame motive can be a way to get money and power, and vice versa, Brim said.

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The fame motive and the desires for money and power are distinct, although they are often connected, he said.

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Many Egyptian politicians and analysts, accustomed to attributing moves by the SCAF to efforts to extend its own political power or block Islamists, struggled to divine a clear political motive for the disqualifications.

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Fans of a single chamber think Mr Moe may have another motive besides the preservation of freedom: to wit, the preservation of his own power to appoint members of the conference committees, who meet late in each session to iron out differences between the houses.

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