• The relevance of the donated object to a charity's purpose is the rule that trips up a lot of people.

    FORBES: Artful Deductions

  • But the term "reasonably fit for the purpose" caused confusion and the rule was not being obeyed by all drivers.

    BBC: Cabbies told to smarten up

  • Man is as much a rule-following animal as a purpose-seeking one.

    FORBES: The Order of Public Reason

  • But the more successful he is in persuading Britons of the war's high purpose, the less plausible it becomes to rule out a fight on the ground just because such an enterprise would be hazardous and costly.

    ECONOMIST: The shadow over Westminster

  • Such a warped view of religion is not just incompatible with the concept of peace, but the purpose of faith -- for the one rule that lies at the heart of every major religion is that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

    CNN: Obama: 'Peace requires responsibility'

  • The outcome, eventually, was a rule by which a company can keep a special-purpose vehicle off its balance sheet as long as an independent third party owns a controlling equity interest equivalent to at least 3% of the fair value of its assets.

    ECONOMIST: Company accounts

  • Just as it was okay to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act, and the uptick rule, it will make sense to use the bank rescue fund money for some other purpose.

    FORBES: Don't Feed Stray Banks; Bailout Fund A Lousy Idea

  • HTC's mantra -- much of its sense of purpose -- circles around the design of its products, and the VX is no exception to that rule.

    ENGADGET: HTC One VX review: AT&T's latest mid-range smartphone is worth a closer look

  • However, some observers say that the SEC may be tempted to conclude that the new breed of special-purpose vehicles being created by the likes of Goldman have been set up specifically to get around the 500-shareholder rule.

    ECONOMIST: And will its new financing scheme fall foul of regulators?

  • The paradox is that part of the euro's purpose is to re-empower the European electorate by equipping the EU with a currency strong enough to challenge the rule of the tiny group of foreign-exchange dealers who, in a floating exchange-rate regime, can settle the fate of national economic policies.

    BBC: Referendum St

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