Word: sake
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sake of accuracy, I want to suggest that hereafter you put the "rich" in the past tense...
Mussolini and Hitler have long advocated more babies for the sake of better wars. In Washington at a conference on Better Care for Mothers and Babies, two New Dealers shouldered the cause of better babies for similar patriotic reasons...
...Victorians had their devils, and Mr. Hirota did not conceal his horror at the fact that "members of the Communist International have penetrated all classes of the Chinese, destroying the social order of the country and endangering the stability of East Asia!" He found it "most lamentable . . . for the sake of the rest of Asia as a whole, as well as for the people of China" that the Chinese Government of Generalissimo Chiang have been "unable to act wisely and well with calm judgment but . . . are even now calling for prolonged resistance, regardless of the plight of 400 million people...
...sake of argument, let us assume that each of 100 firms will need one man this year. Here are 100 jobs sought after by college students from north, south, east, and west, opportunities for one man from each of 100 colleges. But let's be charitable and assume there are 500 jobs. Five lucky men out of 750 or 800 at Harvard. And how many applicants...
Constance Cummings, a handsome, vigorous young woman, seems to enjoy the male impersonation, slapstick, and rough-house required for her. But since there is little room for anything else, this play can scarcely make or break her as a straightforward actress. For her sake it is to be hoped that "If I Were You" does not prove too successful. Not to mention a free-for-all including her, her wife, and the Irish maid, she is forced to kneel on the floor with the man lying on top of her, back to back and beat on the floor with...