Word: sake
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...brunt of China's statement was aimed at the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), not the Ma administration. "Some DPP members have taken the chance to plot the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan," Xinhua reported. "Obviously this is not for the sake of disaster relief. It's an attempt to sabotage the hard-earned good situation in cross-strait relations." Political commentator Antonio Chiang says China's obligatory protest will not hurt Ma's platform of improving relations. "Beijing is going to make some noise, but that's it," he says. "They understand Ma's in big trouble." Beijing...
...Find a campus where you can challenge yourself. College-admissions offices value real intellectual curiosity. There are so many students who have extraordinary grades, and yet they have no clue how to find Iraq or Afghanistan on a map. What happened to the thirst for knowledge for knowledge's sake? [{I think}] we're beating it out of kids in this race to look good for admissions committees...
...from getting them. Which makes sense! Don’t think of it as only needing a few more courses to get a super-decorated diploma. Think of it as having to slog through classes you would not otherwise take, miss two treasured electives you would, all for the sake of an extra designation NOT noted on your diploma that no one else will really care about anyways...
Takemura/Shilla: Okay, neither of these are bars. They’re Japanese restaurants. But they are some of the top spots for freshman year memories for many students. Known for being easy on IDs, these two restaurants are the best places to go for sake bombing and sloppy group dinners...
...health-care debate and with its hands full of domestic economic problems persuade Americans that nation-building in Afghanistan is the right thing to do? Tellis believes Obama needs to make the case that U.S. security necessitates it. "Ultimately, it's not about Afghanistan for its own sake, but as an instrument to defeat al-Qaeda, and defend the [American] homeland," he says...