The term
"political purposes" refers to actions or activities that are intended to influence, promote or support a particular political ideology, party or candidate.
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Experience suggests that these student results are as likely to be used
for political purposes as for serious research.
The governor's letter to state employees raises serious concerns about the governor's intent to use layoffs as a pressure tactic for his
own political purposes.
Gifts support our citizen - based advocacy and lobbying efforts, and may be used for
political purposes such as supporting or opposing candidates.
Like so much in education this panel has been selected for
political purposes driven by ideology in order to «prove» that, for example, free schools and academies do things better.
His mutual compensation was possibly for
political purposes of gaining favor or out of ignorance of the laws of the Bible.
Next month's event looks uncomfortably like a partisan attempt to hijack one of the great glories of our common history for
party political purposes on the eve of a general election.
The problem is that the recommendations on these reports are not fully followed through, and in the case of the «little children» report they are used for their own
political purposes which I would say is equivalent to further abuse.
The PAT - PAC was established for
political purposes so that contributions can be made to candidates running for state office.
Even Jeremiah Wright said Obama and his wife never really attended church, and when asked to explain to Franklin Graham how he became a Christian, Obama conceded with mostly for
political purposes because he had to.
If we recognize that the attempt to achieve a government monopoly on schooling was intended to serve
political purposes during a period of nation - building, we can see that this monopoly is no longer appropriate - if it ever was.
But it also served a
dual political purpose: It jabbed at the tradition of mayoral control of New York City's schools, and it also allowed the governor to take an aggressive stand on the issue of educational equity — a marquee issue of Ms. Nixon, a longtime education activist who has placed the issue squarely at the heart of the early stages of her campaign.
more interest in hyping apocalyptic environmental scenarios to raise money for
raw political purposes rather than working together to improve our environment for the benefit of all Americans.»
Inhofe made a floor Speech, titled «Partisan Environmental Groups» where he accused environmental groups of having «more interest in hyping apocalyptic environmental scenarios to raise money for raw
political purposes rather than working together to improve our environment for the benefit of all Americans.»
Trillium claims «Ontario unlawfully deprived it of a lucrative offshore wind - powered electric generation project, for an
improper political purpose, specifically an electoral purpose,» according to the appeal court's Nov. 12 ruling in Trillium Power Wind Corp. v. Ontario (Natural Resources).
The gathering storm over how millions of Facebook profiles were apparently exploited for
political purposes raises all sorts of questions about how our data is used.
«DonorsTrust makes grants only to other publicly supported 501 (c)(3) organizations,» Whitney Ball, the President and CEO of DonorsTrust said via email, «and as a condition of accepting any grant the grant recipient must agree that grant funds will not be used for lobbying or
other political purposes.»
Aleksandr Kogan, a Russian - American academic working with Cambridge Analytica, allegedly violated Facebook's terms of use by saying the data would be used for academic purposes,
not political purposes.
Reports that Facebook harvested and abused users» data for
political purposes emerged Friday, as the company's former partnership with the voter - profiling company Cambridge Analytica was exposed.
Former FDN leader Edgar Chamorro describes CIA manipulation of religion to serve
political purposes oth in and outside Nicaragua:
Well, maybe not the very first thing, but the assertion does remind us how useful communism was for
sundry political purposes.
In all of this a distinction ought to be made between the church as the gathered community of the faith and individual Christians (including such individuals banded together for a
particular political purpose).
If one believes that it is indeed God who wills the building of the MX missile, or the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, or any other
specific political purpose, then one can not remain in communion with those who reject this view and thereby posit themselves in open rebellion against God.
This controversy only began in May, and it began as a result of some politicians who decided to use this for
certain political purposes.»
In a consociational polity the leaders of mutually hostile subcultures have learned to collaborate for
proximate political purposes, even as their respective constituents remain fairly isolated from the others.
Witnessing about abortion is designed not only to serve the
immediate political purpose of galvanizing prochoicers but also to elicit compassion for the women who abort, as well as to seek tacit endorsement of their decision.
He is using the gun issue for
political purposes hoping to get to the left of Queen Hillary for the 2016 presidential election.
The lecture itself can be summed up as the usual humdrum, a rehashed litany of half - truths, abject lies, and a scare - mongering escapade for
mere political purposes.
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