Word: sake
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...spend too much time rejoicing for being here, as a Thursday VOID begs to be forward-looking. You know what this weekend is about: spend some time brushing up on your St. Patty's history--its worth picking up a few random facts for conversation sake. Then move straight to getting in the mood. Oops...sorry about that last one, FlyBy just couldn't resist the temptation. One last note: St. Patty's is actually Tuesday, the 17th, so if someone tries to pinch you this weekend, consider it a rare...
...Zaidi pleaded not guilty and defended himself on patriotic grounds, saying his action was a "natural response to the occupation." He defiantly shouted, "Long live Iraq!" and "I will sacrifice for the sake of all of the martyrs" as his verdict was read out. And his sentiments are shared by many in the capital. "They should erect a statue in his honor, not put him in jail," said Abu Sayyed, a 55-year-old taxi driver in Baghdad's Karrada district. (See pictures of the shoe attack and its aftermath...
...many in Kabul who have embraced the freedoms won by the invasion raise a moral argument against making concessions to the Taliban. "Are you going to sacrifice the hard-won freedoms of 29 million people for the sake of a few hundred thousand militants?" asks a Kabul-based businessman who declined to use his name for fear of repercussions. "That just opens up the floodgates to anyone who wants to have a stake in power. All he has to do is just go and be as violent as possible; kill a couple of people, and there will be some sort...
...skills to leverage when times turn hard. With unemployment among women rising faster, and women’s wages falling more quickly, than those of their male counterparts, it is now more important than ever that women reject Basham’s advice—not only for the sake of leading their own fulfilling lives, but also to ensure the financial safety of their families...
...take or legal action? Changing the laws would probably be what I would prefer. If you have the law being changed, it validates what the animal-rights movement is about. It also validates these investigations. We're suddenly not a bunch of unlicensed investigators running around for our own sake...