Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...truck engine, was installed at Woodstock, Vt. in 1934, the first chair lift at Sun Valley, Idaho in 1937. Until then a skier had to be young and determined enough to rise at dawn, spend most of the day trudging up the side of a mountain for the sake of one or two swift descents. The tow made skiing a downhill...
...lost class of '59" has had to suffer financially for the sake of expansion more than any other class, because the increases of the last three years have come in the midst of its education. Thus, a student who comes to Harvard now and for the next few years expecting the costs of his education to remain stable for four years will have to reshape his outlook by planning for increases before they are announced...
Spare their women for Thy Sake...
...ancient custom, a Japanese fiancé seals the engagement by buying the bride. Last week Crown Prince Akihito made a small investment (two fish, five rolls of white silk, six bottles of sake), officially sealed his troth to Michiko Shoda, who then knuckled down to the weary task of studying the archaic imperial wedding lore under Palace Ritualist Osanaga Kanroji. His bride in hand, the prince was free to join his parents. Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagoko, at a heady gala: the annual poetry-reading contest. Fired by this year's contemporary topic (windows), an astounding 22,427 waka...
...technique, worshiped as a way of controlling nature, has led to "the corollary need to see human personality as an object of control like the rest of nature." And the availability of techniques for an infinite variety of purposes has resulted in neurotic activity, "keeping busy" for its own sake, because "to do is often easier, and may allay anxiety more quickly, than...