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Ultimately, the police department, for public safety purposes, will have to mandate officers to work, we're professional and will do the job. – Danny Hale	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is a common concern of the international community that China tries to change the situation and increase tensions in the South China Sea by carrying out extensive and rapid land reclamation, building its base in the region and utilizing it for military purposes, we have deep concerns over such actions and want to re-emphasize that Japan cannot accept it. – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Germany is ready to do what it can.. to stabilise Iraq in view of the big security challenges and economic challenges, so today we have given Iraq credit of 500 million euros for unspecified purposes. – Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
So today we have given Iraq credit of 500 million euros for unspecified purposes. – Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have some questions about how the (Department of Homeland Security) would go about determining the legitimacy of the business-related purposes. – Bennie Thompson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Additionally, the Iowa Secretary of State's Office never 'grades' voters. Nor does the Secretary of State maintain records related to Iowa Caucus participation, also, the Iowa Secretary of State does not 'distribute' voter records. They are available for purchase for political purposes only, under Iowa Code. – Paul Pate	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's very exciting for me just to think about all of these wonderful plants that are growing are going to improve the quality of life of many people around our country. That's the bottom line. We have heard of many stories, many cases and we know, we clearly know, how using cannabis for medicinal purposes when fighting against a serious disease can make a great difference. – Ana María Gazmuri	Found on CNN 8 years ago
While it's appealing to make a pre-tax contribution directly from an IRA to a charity, the reality is that the 'double tax benefit' of donating appreciated securities to a charity is still superior for tax purposes. – Michael Kitces	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We notice a rise in gold investment whenever there's concern over yuan depreciation, buying gold also helps investors avoid risks in equities. It serves double purposes. – Richard Xu	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We fully support Vanuatu's citizens in their rebuilding efforts but do not believe their infrastructure can handle an influx of tourists at this time, palau, another small Pacific island that has been a fixture on our list, was omitted this year. In order to reclaim their long-held spot they must show clear and verified progress in the fight to end human trafficking, for both domestic labor and sex purposes. – Ethical Traveler report	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Based on a Cabinet resolution last May, if a foreign naval vessel transits our waters for (purposes) other than 'innocent passage', we will order a sea patrol and take the step of having the Self-Defense Force unit order withdrawal. – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Overseas anti-terrorism operations by the military and People's Armed Police must respect the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, adhere to the norms of international relations and fully respect the sovereignty of the country concerned, going forward, whether or not to send the military and People's Armed Police overseas to fight terrorism, will be arranged in accordance with a unified national plan. – Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have a deployment in Antarctica to monitor penguins, so we're getting images back daily to look at the penguin behavior and also look at environmental change in that area, we're also using it for anti-poaching purposes to improve security within protected areas. So an alert, an image, would be sent to an operations room and then rangers can then react accordingly to that alert. – Louise Hartley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For the business aspect of Instant Detect, we're really just using it for conservation purposes, so we'll roll it out to two different sites for anti-poaching or for remote monitoring. A lot of that will be through grant funded, but also we may sell additional systems to four conservation uses, we want to bring in new transmission methods. – Louise Hartley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If we looked at these warming rates, a project of what would happen in the next century then what we would see is that algal blooms would go up by about 20 percent, this is the green algae that you see in the lakes, often times in the summer and some of that green algae that is added, some of it contains harmful toxins and so what it can do is, it puts restrictions on people going out on the water or using the water for drinking purposes and things like that. So, there are real consequences to the actual lake ecosystem. – Sam Hook	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The junta is using the law as a tool for political purposes, what we did was to highlight graft and we will continue to do this as is our right - our purpose was not political. – Anon Nampha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You have to ask them if they're sincerely changing their views or doing it for political purposes. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It doesn't make sense to bite into the capital of a fund for stabilization purposes – you should just withdraw monies equivalent to the investment return, the moment you are biting into the capital, you are challenging the very purpose of long-term savings funds. – Sven Behrendt	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As a responsible airport operator, Malaysia Airports undertakes to verify all claims of aircraft ownership with the relevant authorities. Thus far, we have not been able to do so to our satisfaction, as such, we urge the rightful owner to furnish us with the required information for verification purposes. – Zainol Mohd Isa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There's seasonal crude de-stocking in December for tax purposes, so anyone heavily shorting WTI should be beware. – Tariq Zahir	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You can't stop that, there are some things you can control. You can provide tax incentives. But if a corporation is talking about moving out of the country for federal tax purposes, a local mayor can't stop that. – Kurt Schmoke	Found on CNN 8 years ago
At the request of President Carter, and for humanitarian purposes, Mr. Gomes was granted amnesty by the chairman of the National Defense Commission, Kim Jong-Il. – The Carter Center	Found on CNN 8 years ago
And I think public leaders need to try to figure out ways to unite people around common purposes again, rather than divide us up. all Americans should be sickened by the video of Laquan McDonald's murder. As a nation we must do more than just echo the phrase Black Lives Matter. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It was announced publicly early last year. It was very, very well known. The fact that Chinese investors were interested in investing in infrastructure in Australia is also hardly a secret, under our legislation, under our law in Australia, the Department of Defence or this Federal Government can step in and take control of infrastructure like this in circumstances where it's deemed necessary for purposes of defense. – Ye Cheng	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Ultimately, the police department, for public safety purposes, will have to mandate officers to work, we're professional and will do the job.

– Danny Hale

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is a common concern of the international community that China tries to change the situation and increase tensions in the South China Sea by carrying out extensive and rapid land reclamation, building its base in the region and utilizing it for military purposes, we have deep concerns over such actions and want to re-emphasize that Japan cannot accept it.

– Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Germany is ready to do what it can.. to stabilise Iraq in view of the big security challenges and economic challenges, so today we have given Iraq credit of 500 million euros for unspecified purposes.

– Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

So today we have given Iraq credit of 500 million euros for unspecified purposes.

– Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have some questions about how the (Department of Homeland Security) would go about determining the legitimacy of the business-related purposes.

– Bennie Thompson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Additionally, the Iowa Secretary of State's Office never 'grades' voters. Nor does the Secretary of State maintain records related to Iowa Caucus participation, also, the Iowa Secretary of State does not 'distribute' voter records. They are available for purchase for political purposes only, under Iowa Code.

– Paul Pate

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's very exciting for me just to think about all of these wonderful plants that are growing are going to improve the quality of life of many people around our country. That's the bottom line. We have heard of many stories, many cases and we know, we clearly know, how using cannabis for medicinal purposes when fighting against a serious disease can make a great difference.

– Ana María Gazmuri

Found on CNN
8 years ago

While it's appealing to make a pre-tax contribution directly from an IRA to a charity, the reality is that the 'double tax benefit' of donating appreciated securities to a charity is still superior for tax purposes.

– Michael Kitces

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We notice a rise in gold investment whenever there's concern over yuan depreciation, buying gold also helps investors avoid risks in equities. It serves double purposes.

– Richard Xu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We fully support Vanuatu's citizens in their rebuilding efforts but do not believe their infrastructure can handle an influx of tourists at this time, palau, another small Pacific island that has been a fixture on our list, was omitted this year. In order to reclaim their long-held spot they must show clear and verified progress in the fight to end human trafficking, for both domestic labor and sex purposes.

– Ethical Traveler report

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Based on a Cabinet resolution last May, if a foreign naval vessel transits our waters for (purposes) other than 'innocent passage', we will order a sea patrol and take the step of having the Self-Defense Force unit order withdrawal.

– Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Overseas anti-terrorism operations by the military and People's Armed Police must respect the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, adhere to the norms of international relations and fully respect the sovereignty of the country concerned, going forward, whether or not to send the military and People's Armed Police overseas to fight terrorism, will be arranged in accordance with a unified national plan.

– Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have a deployment in Antarctica to monitor penguins, so we're getting images back daily to look at the penguin behavior and also look at environmental change in that area, we're also using it for anti-poaching purposes to improve security within protected areas. So an alert, an image, would be sent to an operations room and then rangers can then react accordingly to that alert.

– Louise Hartley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For the business aspect of Instant Detect, we're really just using it for conservation purposes, so we'll roll it out to two different sites for anti-poaching or for remote monitoring. A lot of that will be through grant funded, but also we may sell additional systems to four conservation uses, we want to bring in new transmission methods.

– Louise Hartley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If we looked at these warming rates, a project of what would happen in the next century then what we would see is that algal blooms would go up by about 20 percent, this is the green algae that you see in the lakes, often times in the summer and some of that green algae that is added, some of it contains harmful toxins and so what it can do is, it puts restrictions on people going out on the water or using the water for drinking purposes and things like that. So, there are real consequences to the actual lake ecosystem.

– Sam Hook

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The junta is using the law as a tool for political purposes, what we did was to highlight graft and we will continue to do this as is our right - our purpose was not political.

– Anon Nampha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You have to ask them if they're sincerely changing their views or doing it for political purposes.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It doesn't make sense to bite into the capital of a fund for stabilization purposes – you should just withdraw monies equivalent to the investment return, the moment you are biting into the capital, you are challenging the very purpose of long-term savings funds.

– Sven Behrendt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As a responsible airport operator, Malaysia Airports undertakes to verify all claims of aircraft ownership with the relevant authorities. Thus far, we have not been able to do so to our satisfaction, as such, we urge the rightful owner to furnish us with the required information for verification purposes.

– Zainol Mohd Isa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There's seasonal crude de-stocking in December for tax purposes, so anyone heavily shorting WTI should be beware.

– Tariq Zahir

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You can't stop that, there are some things you can control. You can provide tax incentives. But if a corporation is talking about moving out of the country for federal tax purposes, a local mayor can't stop that.

– Kurt Schmoke

Found on CNN
8 years ago

At the request of President Carter, and for humanitarian purposes, Mr. Gomes was granted amnesty by the chairman of the National Defense Commission, Kim Jong-Il.

– The Carter Center

Found on CNN
8 years ago

And I think public leaders need to try to figure out ways to unite people around common purposes again, rather than divide us up. all Americans should be sickened by the video of Laquan McDonald's murder. As a nation we must do more than just echo the phrase Black Lives Matter.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It was announced publicly early last year. It was very, very well known. The fact that Chinese investors were interested in investing in infrastructure in Australia is also hardly a secret, under our legislation, under our law in Australia, the Department of Defence or this Federal Government can step in and take control of infrastructure like this in circumstances where it's deemed necessary for purposes of defense.

– Ye Cheng

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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