Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Vittorio Mussolini, cinemogul son of Italy's dictator, voiced his fears that the decision of U. S. distributors to withhold their pictures from Italy would keep Italians from the movies. Then he added for his father's sake: "Personally and politically I am content that American films produced in that Hebrew Communist centre which is Hollywood, are not to enter Italy...
...whether or not we are immediately affected, "We do care." What we consider the noblest of mankind, even outside of Sunday church, have always devoted themselves to that which went beyond their immediate interests, whether it be the unknown in knowledge or the betterment of mankind for its own sake.... Man is a social animal, and thus a moral animal. What has happened in Germany shocked us because it attacks our faith in this nobler nature of man. It attacks not merely our Christian heritage but also our belief in the dignity of man here on this earth. The United...
There are also some statements which Mr. Hutchins makes which are not true. He declares that an athlete may be led to believe that whatever is done on the field, including slugging, is "done for the sake of alma mater," that the "habits of fair play" may be acquired as easily from studying as from sports. The slugging is a typical case of Hutchins' exaggeration. As for the fair play, there is no question that the kind of pressure afforded by big-time football is an education for everyone concerned, from the regulars and the scrubs and the band...
...Beaverbrook idea of Empire led him to urge defaulting on the U. S. War debts (although he is now a big hands-across-the-sea man for Empire's sake), withdrawal from the League of Nations, and a European "solution" that would involve Britain in no boundary guarantees, loans, or alliances with any other country...
...tercentenary address in 1936 President Conant classified the "general educational stream of the liberal arts" and the "cultivation of learning for its own sake" as two of the essential ingredients of the university tradition. The parallel between the thinking of these two educators is furthered by the fact that Dr. Conant has repeatedly emphasized his belief that teaching and research are inseparable...