Word: sake
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suffering from the smoke, ordered him to take off in No. 1 boat. He did. Steward Bernard Kopf who was in the boat said he heard an order from the bridge: "Don't lower those boats!" But Chief Abbott cried: "Lower away! For God's sake, lower away!" In that boat were 32 of the crew, two passengers. Chief Abbott said he did not see any other passengers around. In his haste to abandon ship he left behind his false teeth, has had to eat pap ever since...
Accessory manufacturers promptly appeared in the market with little picture frames to be screwed to automobile dashboards, ready to hold the picture of wife, mother, or sweetheart. The frames were inscribed: "Please Be Careful for My Sake...
Enjoying evil for its own sake, the Captain reduces Brother Matthew to a state of misery by destroying his faith in God and man. He ferrets out Nephew Romney's deep tangled secrets, laying him bare and vulnerable, enjoys exposing the boy to a crass prostitute. Weasel-like, soft-footed, he discovers that his spinster sister's love letters are written by and to herself. He relishes the joke, pretends to sympathize, but uses the knowledge to get money out of her. Even the servants are not exempt from his influence...
...election guards, it may choose, for the sake of economy, to concede the election. "Kingfish" Long is taking no chances of again losing any Louisiana election as he did in New Orleans last January...
...have not asked for this plebiscite for my own sake!" The Leader cried in his final prolix but passionate appeal. "I need no vote of confidence to strengthen or maintain my position. But the German people need a Chancellor who is set before the world as the bearer of their confidence...