Word: benefit
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...also in some sense perhaps mutually exlusive. A purely moral motivation for divestment should not be sullied by resort to its likely practical benefit. If the moral case for divestment is strong enough, opponents of apartheid should not have to make economic arguments for it as well...
Stern says his role in the work's genesis was minor: "The only thing I can do as a performer is to give the benefit of what I know about the violin to help him say what he wants to say. I put my hands, heart and belief at his disposal." A complex, rhapsodic study in tone color, it is particularly well suited to Stern's soulful intonation and vibrant technical flair. "You have to study the whole score and put together the sound in your head totally," explains the soloist. "Then you take the work apart measure by measure...
...editorial cartoon run in The Crimson on April 30, 1986, was a tasteless guffaw at the expense of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian citizens. Donahue's cartoon, for the benefit of those who missed it, portrays a chagrined bear (emblazoned with a hammer and sickle) losing his fur while a nuclear power plant explodes in the backround. Viewing the Chernobyl disaster simply as a political embarassment to the Soviet government, rather than as a human tragedy, is repugnant. Whatever one's opinion of the Soviet government, it is incumbent upon us to sympathize with the Russian and Ukrainian peoples...
...were particularly irritated by the repeated references to the physical qualities of the production. Obviously, a benefit production does not have the financial resources to construct elaborate sets and costumes. In this context it seems more appropriate to focus on the spirit with which "Charlie Brown" was conceived and performed...
Sleep deprivation can take you to mental zones even Rod Serling would avoid, dangling your mind on the cutting edge between psychic revelations and euphoric insanity. And this sleepy intoxication is only one benefit of the Allnighter experience...