He said the division lay in pressure groups and "sensationalist media reports, " as he attacked a "professional pressure groups who exist for the purpose of defending every line item, either of the entire benefits system or of a particular benefit".

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The players and owners will negotiate with urgency and purpose when the lockout begins to injure the bottom line.

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For the purpose of this article, assume that the Las Vegas line favors the Jets winning by 3 points.

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But the iPad is but the latest in a long line of products and would-be general-purpose devices that seeks to fill this gap, most of them short-lived.

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Much of the problem is that older circuit-switched networks were designed for one purpose: to connect two callers by opening up a dedicated line between them.

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The bottom line is that Con Edison evaluated Deep Thunder for a specific purpose and rejected it for that purpose.

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The "Powell doctrine, " which supports selective military intervention if there is a clear purpose, an attainable goal and a clear exit strategy, falls in line with President-elect George W. Bush's philosophy.

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Remember, the purpose of the payments query that a merchant initiates when you try to pay for something, whether on-line or in-store, is authentication, i.e.

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