1.   He said government medical authorities will continue to examine the purported benefits of any drug, including marijuana.

2.   More importantly, investors have grown increasingly skeptical about the purported benefits of bank mergers and acquisitions.

3.   Most of the purported benefit from using it is actually produced by the mechanical modifications that regulators require for biodiesel-burning engines.

4.   Sheela also credits media visibility with bringing the purported healthful benefits of wine to light.

5.   The true test of survival for oxygen bars will likely be whether the general public buys into the novelty or accepts the purported benefits.