But that does not mean that it did not serve its purpose.

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It did serve its purpose, however expensive.

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For one, under a gold standard money would serve its sole purpose as a unit of exchange, and for doing so would unleash very impressive growth.

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Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?

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It would only serve to keep us unaware of its purpose and influence.

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The league has a few big-name foreigners, but it believes that Americans generally prefer to watch Americans and that its main purpose is to serve as a showcase for home-grown talent.

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Middle management is usually swimming in projects calculated to serve the quantitative goals of the organization, not its brand purpose.

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Both the behavior of the forces on the ground and of their commanders in Cairo indicates that if the Egyptian military is permitted to deploy its forces to the Sinai, those forces will not serve any helpful purpose for Israel.

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