Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...transformation of Senator Walsh from a granitic moral asset of his party to an actual candidate was a William Gibbs McAdooing. Ever since he magnanimously withdrew his own name, for the alleged sake of party harmony, it has rankled with Mr. McAdoo that Candidate Smith did not do likewise. Mr. McAdoo is so Dry that he has sworn he would do almost anything to make Candidate Smith bite the dust: "I don't care what happens to me but-." What better agent for this purpose could Mr. McAdoo have found than a Dry and a Catholic whose prestige began...
...said that the present staff of Yard Cops would not retire with him, but since they were ageing fast would be retained for sentiment's sake...
...TIME for several years I feel sure that you will be glad to correct an erroneous statement made on p. 30 your issue for Feb. 13, 1928, wherein you state under caption "Bank Robbers," that two innocent Mexicans were shot in front of a Bank at Midland for the sake of the rewards offered...
Then came Les Noces and Stravinsky plunged into the realm of the absolute. Music hereafter was to be utterly objective, to stand alone, to find inspiration for itself within itself, for its own sake, not for the sake of those who should listen, not even for his, Stravinsky's, sake...
...rule saturates the pages of history. Many an ardent patriot has bitten the dust in this cause since Moses led his party across a courteously-disposed Red Sea to the hoped-for freedom of the promised land. Many a sturdy Gaelic cranium has succumbed to violent pressure for the sake of autonomy in the Emerald Isle. But at least we have come upon the group that is loftily indifferent to self-government on whatever terms. This group simply does not care...