My ultimate purpose is to enhance understanding and appreciation of Japan and of the Japanese people.

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That was the ultimate purpose of the Space Station, and the arrival of this module will enable us to do that.

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Dave Boyce, who works for an Internet service provider in Amsterdam, declared that the ultimate purpose of the camp was to create human and computer networks of activists to defend such policies.

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Whatever the explanation, the ultimate purpose is clear: The Kremlin intends, if not in the present negotiations then in some future ones, to prevent the United States from fully exploiting the technological promise of SLCMs for a variety of naval missions.

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How can they open up to the outside world which longs for greater access to the monastery's treasures and is keen to offer scientific and historical expertise in return without disturbing the inner life of a community whose ultimate purpose is not the production, or preservation, of beautiful artefacts, but communion with God?

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While the ultimate winners are yet to be determined, the top players will draw consumers in with obvious intent and a deeper purpose.

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This is the same criterion used by the actuary of Social Security to compute the ultimate measure of the long-term financial condition of Social Security and used by private lenders in determining whether the purpose to which a prospective loan is put will increase the present value of a company's future cash flows by more than the amount of the loan.

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