reason = 'purpose'

[Jonathan Lighter]

I suppose this shift has been around for a while, but I've never noticed it
used so clearly.

CNN reports (twice) that North Korea has  announced restarting an old
nuclear reactor
to be "used for military and industrial reasons."

They're not restarting it "for...reasons." Instead they'll be using it
"for..reasons."

Catch the diff?

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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