A North Carolina lawyer named Phil Evans organized a group called the First Colony Foundation to raise money for this purpose.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Israel says the purpose is to keep weapons out of Gaza and to prevent rocket fire into the Jewish state.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

Its purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Gemini's purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

He could not be sure of their support if he declared that the purpose of the war was to free the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The purpose of the trip is to buy the hand-made products of local women and place new orders.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Democrats charged that the real purpose of the law was to keep radical Republican state governments in power.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

" I have no purpose," he said, "either directly or indirectly, to interfere with slavery where it exists.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Its purpose is to provide for the educational, health and social needs of the women and their communities.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill reportedly was to settle differences among opposing railroad interests in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

Their purpose was to explore some of the problems of manned flight, during short periods,in lower space.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

The hot line had an important purpose: to prevent accidental war between the two competitors during the period known as the Cold War.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The purpose was to see if the country's nineteen largest banks could survive losses in the event that the recession got even worse.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Lincoln himself said his purpose was to provide "an open field and a fair chance in life."

VOA: special.2009.02.09