• The purpose of rhetoric is to support policies adopted in the pursuit of a nation's interests.

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  • He had a stint with local side, Gombe XI, which was to have been the first step in the pursuit of a football career.

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  • He chooses to, in the pursuit of a more civil discourse in our public space, he chooses to try to practice that civility himself.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • For their part, his people seem to be sleep-walking, unable to believe that every one of their longstanding national requirements (for example, a unified Jerusalem, secure borders, no "right of return" for "refugees, " etc.) is being abandoned in the pursuit of a "peace" no one can seriously believe is in prospect from the Saudis and their friends.

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  • He demonstrated his willingness to make very hard choices in his negotiations with the Speaker of the House in pursuit of a sweeping so-called grand bargain that included -- had it come to fruition -- that included revenues, as well as entitlement reform.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Yet, in the vain pursuit of a perfect intelligence organization, do not shake up intelligence in a way that does do harm - and in pursuit of this will-of-the-wisp, damage in particular those military capabilities that we alone possess.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 'First, do no harm'

  • The BBC's David Willis in Los Angeles says Woods rarely discusses his private life, and the announcement and pictures may be a way of preventing the paparazzi from pursuing the couple in pursuit of a lucrative first photograph.

    BBC: Tiger Woods and US skier Lindsey Vonn dating

  • "Nothing, frankly, could explain away the scale of this dishonesty other than the greed in pursuit of a lavish lifestyle that was no responsibility of Mr. Clayton's, " the judge said.

    CNN: Story highlights

  • Young journalists who once dreamed of trotting the globe in pursuit of a story are instead shackled to their computers, where they try to eke out a fresh thought or be first to report even the smallest nugget of news.

    FORBES: Swimming With Information Sharks (And Snooki)

  • McClellan attempted to sabotage Lincoln's war policy in 1862 has the leadership of the U.S. military so blatantly attempted to undermine a president in the pursuit of his constitutional authority.

    WSJ: Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq

  • Harvard University offered its first public explanation Monday for its decision to secretly search the email accounts of resident deans last fall in pursuit of the source of media leaks about a cheating scandal that was roiling the campus at the time.

    WSJ: Harvard Explains Secret Email Search

  • They agreed, as President Medvedev and President Obama did in Seoul, to continue a discussion at the technical level around missile defense issues in pursuit of a broader political conversation once we sort through the technical concerns that are on both sides.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Jay Carney and Ben Rhodes

  • The spirit of Quentin Tarantino hangs over the film as the men roar across Germany in a stolen car with the police and a pair of gangsters in pursuit.

    ECONOMIST: New German films

  • Cook occupied the crease for nearly three hours for his 72 as Essex, chasing 338 in pursuit of a second win of the season, closed on 254-4.

    BBC: Alistair Cook shines as Essex and Kent draw

  • Last week, southern neighbor Nigeria said it was shutting much of its border with Niger and sending thousands of troops into the border areas in pursuit of a an Islamic insurgency called Boko Haram.

    WSJ: Twin Bomb Attacks Kill 20 in Niger

  • The common thread here is that penalizing individuals who work every day in pursuit of a better life and clipping the wings of those who have vision, take a risk, and create new industries does little to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit and promote job growth.

    FORBES: High Taxes Upset The Apple Cart, And Angry Birds Force Change

  • Some of the questionable tactics used in that pursuit were highlighted Monday by the release of a 2004 report from the CIA's inspector general.

    CNN: Top prosecutor orders probe into interrogations; Obama shifts onus

  • Is the root of the problem in this troubled region, the continued pursuit by Moscow of a seventy-year old policy toward nationalities, that of divide and rule?

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • In a pivotal scene from The Pursuit of Happyness Will Smith's character solves a Rubik's Cube in front of a brokerage executive stumped by the puzzle.

    FORBES: That 1980s puzzle fad is back. No batteries required.

  • Among the most memorable: a Cup Noodle ad in which the tables are turned on a horde of hungry cavemen in pursuit of dinosaur dinner.

    CNN: JAPAN'S HIDDEN PERSUADERS

  • As to those negotiations, it argues that, in practice, it would be in the interests of rUK to create a sterling zone - whatever is said now in pursuit of a political argument for the referendum.

    BBC: Scottish independence: Political battle over currency

  • But the United States will continue to stand up for the rights of the Egyptian people and work with their government in pursuit of a future that is more just, more free, and more hopeful.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on the Situation in Egypt

  • He's plowed almost all those gains back into the team in pursuit of winning a championship.

    FORBES: The Forbes 400

  • But our bottom line is the cessation of uranium enrichment and the verifiable decision by the regime in Tehran to forego pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • His is a no-holds barred attack on what he believes is not just the sale of a pipedream in a global economy but one whose pursuit has become the basis for massive worldwide scams.

    FORBES: Reflections And Lessons On Energy Challenges

  • Mr Murray's self-appointed task is to reclaim the significance and status of a man whose high amateurism, as he calls it, was looking ever more out of date in an age when the pursuit of knowledge was becoming a monopoly of university departments.

    ECONOMIST: Writers' lives

  • Anything that looks like a miracle in New York turns out to be a tale of years of complex political maneuvering and the pursuit of mind-boggling profit margins in which a public vision is maintained in the face of monumental setbacks, betrayals, duplicity and despair.

    WSJ: Miracle on 42nd Street | By Ada Louise Huxtable

  • And I think that's particularly important in the financial industry, where reckless risks in pursuit of short-term gain helped create a crisis that engulfed the world economy.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Addresses Business Roundtable

  • In a land where the pursuit of pure profit was officially frowned upon, however, shareholders were to a large extent taken for granted.

    CNN: Recasting the Mind

  • Marines went from the mosque to the Azamiyah Palace and then to the home of a Baath party leader in north-central Baghdad in pursuit of the Iraqi leaders, he said.

    CNN: Marine dies in Baghdad mosque raid

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