The original purpose was to develop management software, but Berezovsky moved quickly into selling cars.
Half a century later, these artifacts still radiate the lurid aura of their original purpose.
And today, TARP has served its original purpose and at much lower cost than we expected.
But sometimes physical pain can become chronic, long outlasting its original purpose, and emotional pain is the same.
The original purpose was to protect textile and clothing companies in those rich countries from low cost competition.
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Formed in 1950, its original purpose was to prevent former Nazis and communists from undermining West Germany's new democracy.
The name House of Museums reflects its original purpose: to store an overflow of items that would not fit in other facilities.
In recent months, evidence of how far the United Nations has strayed from its original purpose has steadily leached into plain sight.
Any work that has been done on the project, whether used or not for its original purpose, now exists on the Web forever.
As an institution matures, little by little it shifts from serving its original purpose to serving the ends of those who control it.
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Two things that haven't been tried: Obama could ditch the TARP and start over with its original purpose--buying up bad assets from struggling firms.
Refueled and clearly with a blessed life to give thanks for, we stop off at a church that is still used for its original purpose.
The original purpose of anti-money-laundering laws was to reduce the incentive for illegal behavior by making it more difficult for crooks to enjoy their ill-gotten gains.
That was the original purpose of the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP), before it was used to recapitalise banks, bail out carmakers and subsidise loan modifications.
Breay says although the meaning of Magna Carta over the centuries has become different from its original purpose, it still represents a pivotal moment in British history.
Do not believe that E-Verify will not succumb to the same mission creep as the Social Security card, which left its original purpose in the dust long ago.
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The debt limit has not achieved its original purpose of limiting government spending, which rose from 9.5 percent of gross domestic product in 1917 to 18.2 percent in 2000 to 24.1 percent this year.
"For the first time since 1982, when then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger introduced this important document as an authoritative unclassified assessment of Soviet military might, Soviet Military Power has deviated from its original purpose, " Frank J.
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Such restrictions were the very basis of Administration and congressional willingness to consent to the creation of this institution with taxpayer resources for the original purpose of supporting solely the emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.
But, like many organisations that have grown fat and lost sight of their original purpose, the Soka Gakkai protects its interests with a ruthlessness that has frightened off critics and cowed the Japanese mainstream media into silence.
To the question of the original purpose and Congressional intent of the legislation, and whether or not the metrics used under current statute are adequate to measure the entire scope of government-wide improper payments, I say yes.
LaPierre drew a distinction between what he saw as the original purpose of the Second Amendment and a contemporary fear that the government will abandon citizens, so that they must be able to protect themselves against criminals after a disaster.
The original purpose of pleats was to allow more fabric for when a man sat down, according to Alan Flusser, author of menswear guidebook "Dressing The Man" and a custom tailor whose credits include Michael Douglas' wardrobe in the original "Wall Street" movie.
Rather a drastic departure from the original economic purpose of the reserve to fill actual or imminent supply gaps in oil markets.
The original intended purpose of capital markets was to help young companies (think a young Apple, Google, Nike) raise capital to grow and to have its investors participate in that growth.
What with standalone Bluetooth-based GPS receivers getting smaller all the time, it's natural to assume that there's a limit to how small said devices can get, which will inevitably lead to manufacturers adding features that are peripheral to the original intended purpose in an attempt to differentiate their own offering from the competition.
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MyYahoo.com, the original all-purpose Web portal, has always been more functional and user-friendly than Google's.
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