Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wild disagreed with Aiken's views, and said "there are certain natural values" such as those contained in the U.N.'s 1945 International Declaration of Human Rights which cannot be sacrificed "for the sake of muddling through," as be termed our present policy...
...election: that little really separates Tories from Socialists. In fact, there are two all-important differences: 1) the difference between the man who believes in free enterprise, and only imposes controls when he sees no alternative, and the man who believes in state ownership and planning for their own sake; 2) the presence of Nye Bevan. No one doubts the patriotism of Mr. Attlee or that of the Labor Party, and Attlee has never weakened on the defense program, but it is evident that if he returned to power he would have trouble putting it over in the face...
...heaven's sake, mother! Do you want me to look like a monk...
Griswold thinks the Yale student "must learn to do things for their own sake" and not enter extra-curricular activities "to prove he's a big shot...
...change to soccer, we could do so for the sake of more times internationally, and greater world friendliness on this basis. Rather quickly, we could have the same crowds for soccer as we have now for football, and indeed a very great increase in team games for all students as well as older persons. There would be ample money to support the large stadiums and the expensive athletic departments. Also, there would be no sensitiveness on the possible charge that we were giving up a man's game for one of less vigor. In a word, it is a practical...