For most fighters, an amateur career, especially at the Olympics, serves to develop skills and gain experience in preparation for a professional career.

The " patriarchal history " recounts the events of the major patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom God reveals himself and to whom the promise of descendants and land is made, while the story of Joseph serves to take the Israelites into Egypt in preparation for the next book, Exodus.

In addition to her starring role, Louis-Dreyfus also serves as a producer of the series .< small >< ref >" HBO Begins Filming of ' VEEP ' in Maryland <" October 05, 2011, Afro. com </ ref ></ small > In preparation for her role, Louis-Dreyfus spoke with several former vice presidents, including Al Gore.

The start signal serves to prepare the receiving mechanism for the reception and registration of a symbol and the stop signal serves to bring the receiving mechanism to rest in preparation for the reception of the next symbol.

According to ideas from Taoism, Buddhism and traditional Chinese folk religion, Diyu is a purgatory that serves to punish and renew spirits in preparation for reincarnation into their next life.

Menudo is also a familial food, in the preparation of which the entire family participates, and even serves as an occasion for social interaction with others, since oftentimes throngs of people with pots in hand will wait at the butcher's shop to buy their menudo, if their families no longer make it themselves.

When using a shoulder preparation, the dentist is urged to add a bevel ; the shoulder-bevel margin serves to effectively decrease the tooth-to-restoration distance upon final cementation of the restoration.

The promenade, for example, continues to take place on the Chahar Bagh, a mile-long garden of plane and poplar trees that now serves as the city's principal street.

This confession serves to make clear in part what is behind this sexual revolution: the craving for sensation for its own sake, the need for change, for new experiences.

But while war still serves as a catalyst for the values that Malraux wishes to express, these values are no longer linked with the triumph or defeat of any cause -- whether that of an individual assertion of the will-to-power, or a collective attempt to escape from the humiliation of oppression -- as their necessary condition.

It serves merely as an excess cushion for the rest of the carcass.

SBA serves also as a clearing house for information on products and processes particularly adaptable for exploitation by small firms.

Teachers who have been upward mobile probably see education as most valuable for their students if it serves students as it has served them ; ;

) By its greater corporeal presence and its greater extraneousness, the affixed paper or cloth serves for a seeming moment to push everything else into a more vivid idea of depth than the simulated printing or simulated textures had ever done.

Acceptance of radiopasteurization is likely to be delayed, however, for two reasons: ( 1 ) the storage life of fresh chicken under refrigeration is becoming a minimal problem because of constantly improved sanitation and distributing practices, and ( 2 ) treatment by antibiotics, a measure already approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, serves to extend the storage life of chicken at a low cost of about 0.5 cents per pound.

It is hard, on the other hand, to blame the policeman, blank, good-natured, thoughtless, and insuperably innocent, for being such a perfect representative of the people he serves.

It now becomes evident that the denominational church is intimately involved with the economy of middle-class culture, for it serves to crystallize the social class identity of middle-class residential groupings.

Each system develops differently, according to the area it serves, but the universal goal is to pool the resources of a given area for maximum efficiency.

The instant that the gravitational correction started to be applied serves as the epoch for Barycentric Coordinate Time ( TCB ), Geocentric Coordinate Time ( TCG ), and Terrestrial Time ( TT ).

In 1989, a group of European and American scholars in the field of anthropology established the European Association of Social Anthropologists ( EASA ) which serves as a major professional organization for anthropologists working in Europe.

An affidavit is a type of verified statement or showing, or in other words, it contains a verification, meaning it is under oath or penalty of perjury, and this serves as evidence to its veracity and is required for court proceedings.

For example, " piaf " was a Parisian argot word for " sparrow "; after being taken up by the singer Edith Piaf, this meaning became well known in France and worldwide, and no longer serves the purpose of a secret language.

Classical Arminianism ( sometimes titled Reformed Arminianism or Reformation Arminianism ) is the theological system that was presented by Jacobus Arminius and maintained by some of the Remonstrants ; its influence serves as the foundation for all Arminian systems.

The ( male ) speaker deplores the ruin of his life, and in tones at times reminiscent of Hamlet, craves oblivion, for which the sea serves as a constant metaphor.

At Acadia University, students have access to the Student Union Building which serves as a hub for students and houses many Student Union organizations.

She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vermont.

VBR has real-time and non-real-time variants, and serves for " bursty " traffic.

It was observed that E. coli deprived of glucose produce cAMP that serves as an internal signal to activate expression of genes for importing and metabolizing other sugars.

In the May 2006 city election, incumbent mayor Larry Rogers, who also serves on JMU's Board of Visitors, lost his bid for reelection to a JMU graduate.

The provisional elder / deacon is a seminary graduate who serves a two-three year term in a full-time appointment after being commissioned.

Stephen ( born July 21, 1964 ) is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and serves as the Cowboys ' chief operating officer / executive vice president / director of player personnel.

Charlotte ( born July 26, 1966 ) is a Stanford graduate and serves as the Cowboys ' vice president / director of charities and special events.

WCU now serves more than 9, 500 full time undergraduate and post graduate students, providing an education to students from 46 states and 39 countries.

The institution serves more than 30, 000 students on its six campuses, including more than 8, 000 graduate students in multiple programs.

As of 2008, in addition to his IBM responsibilities, Soltis serves as an adjunct professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Minnesota where he teaches graduate courses on high performance computer design.

As of 2006, it serves 516 students in graduate coursework, with 17 full-time professors and 30 adjunct professors, and offers a nationally unique " Doctorate in Leadership for Educational Justice " ( Ed. D.

It serves as an internal link for Harvard faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and fellows, creating more opportunities for intellectual sharing, exploring, and collaboration.

GAPSA serves as a resource for member councils, as the primary contact point for administrative units, as a graduate and professional student policy-making and policy-influencing body, and as a center of intercollegiate and intra-collegiate interaction among students.

Following his term, he returned to Washington, where he now serves as the President of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy non-profit organization that works to improve national and federal policy so that all students can achieve at high academic levels and graduate from high school ready for success in college, work and citizenship in the twenty-first century.

Supporting more than 40 graduate and undergraduate courses and providing faculty, students, and staff to an unrivaled collection of financial technologies valued at more than $ 3. 5 million in annual licensing fees, the Hughey Center serves as a model for other colleges and universities around the globe.

The Thayer School serves as both Dartmouth College's undergraduate department of engineering, as well as a graduate school offering advanced degrees.

AU serves over 38, 000 students ( over 7, 900 full-load equivalents ) and offers over 900 courses in more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of arts, science and professional disciplines.

A faculty of approximately 900 professors serves about 15, 000 undergraduate and 5, 000 graduate students.

VSU serves over 13, 000 undergraduate and graduate students representing 157 Georgia counties, all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Washington, D. C. and hosts over 300 international students from 76 countries.

Sutherland also serves on the International Advisory Board of IESE, the eminent graduate business school of the prestigious Spanish university, the University of Navarra.

The university serves 2, 171 graduate and 9, 466 undergraduate students from 43 states and 52 countries attend classes on the 1, 561 acre campus.

UPR-RP serves more than 18, 000 students, 20 % graduate, and grants an average of over 3, 000 degrees a year.

The Campus serves more than 18, 000 students, 20 % graduate, and grants an average of over 3, 000 degrees a year.

The Commandant of Cadets is assisted by an Executive Officer, typically a recent civilian track corps graduate who assists in administrative matters and also serves as the Traveling Recruiter.

As of 2011, Harrisburg University serves 1022 students ( approximately 400 FTE ) through its dual enrollment, undergraduate, graduate, training, certificate and its professional and continuing education programs.

DTS graduate Dr. Chuck Swindoll was then president of the school from 1994 to 2001, and now serves as the school's Chancellor.

A graduate of Boston College High School, Boston College, and the New England School of Law, Yunits currently serves as president of the Brockton Rox, a professional baseball team.