Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what he meant by tryanny of the majority. "We have discarded the fixed costumes of our forefathers; everyone must still dress like other people, but the fashion may change once or twice a year. We thus take care that when there is change it shall be for change's sake, and not from any idea of beauty or convenience; for the same idea of beauty or convenience would not strike all of the world at the same time...
...questions such as "What is your picture of yourself as a woman of 35." President Taylor sees a definite portrait of the Sarah Lawrence woman of 35. She is an independent, clear thinking individual, who doesn't need to waste her time joining ladies' clubs merely for the sake of joining. Part of Sarah Lawrence education aims at making the girl into a woman who will always be able to occupy herself with useful activities, useful to both herself and the community. "Go around the country," he boasts, "and you will find that the Sarah Lawrence gals are the ones...
...Socialist resolution: that German unity is "the highest goal of German policy." To prove his loyalty to the goal, he promised to urge the West to arrange free, all-German elections. But Adenauer's best defense was his Realpolitik. Instead of arguing for Western integration for its own sake, he explained that the best way to get bigger & better concessions out of the Russians is to snuggle up close to the West...
...McCormick, an unswaying Taftman, conferred with Eisenhower for half an hour at the general's headquarters in France. Then reporters asked: Will you support Ike if he gets the Republican nomination? Snorted the Colonel: "I would support the Republican candidate. I supported Dewey, for God's sake...
...reconnoiter the western verges of the New World-and, just incidentally, to develop the whole of Siberia into a profitable community. Despite its pretentious objectives, Bering's second expedition was one of the most extensive and successful enterprises ever carried out in the name of science for the sake of imperialism; and so the Russians, with a genius for reverse publicity, ignored or suppressed many of its fascinating details until they sank from memory like a shower of stars in the long Siberian night...