Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think he's wonderful." At a Washington dinner party, a tipsy woman flung herself onto Kennedy's lap, locked her arms around his neck, vowed eternal adoration. Kennedy unceremoniously broke the strangle hold, plunked his admirer onto the floor, strode away muttering: "For God's sake, what's she trying...
Those who fear Leopold's release for the sake of society's safety have little reason to worry. Leopold has conducted himself as a model prisoner during his years of imprisonment; no evidence of disciplinary or sexual deviancy has ever been reported of Leopold. The frustrations inherent in prison life make this achievement quite rare. Meyer Levin, who intelligently examined the Loeb-Leopold case in his recent book Compulsion, believes that the murder served as a catharsis for Leopold's psychic problems, releasing him into a normal mental life...
...manuscripts, not quite art for art's sake or literature for literature's sake, seem to epitomize the joy of collecting. A Gutenberg Bible, the original manuscripts of Keats' Endymion, Balzac's Eugenie Grandet, Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and Pope's Essay on Man, among other works, have traveled about the country with the drawings and illuminations in this magnificent and unconventional exhibition which circulate, to a wider audience, J.P. Morgan's gift to the public...
...ambassadorship, in tune with congressional Democratic sentiment that Democrats ought to steer clear of policy-making jobs. He volunteered instead to become a consultant who would review plans, make suggestions, still be free at meeting's end to criticize results that he did not approve. For the sake of at least that much bipartisanship, Dulles agreed. So did the President. To Stevenson from Ike went a letter suggesting that they discuss issues before they leave for Paris. The meeting will be the first for the two old contenders since...
...part of its participation in Argentina's Twelfth Annual Aviation Week at Buenos Aires, the U.S. offered faster-than-sound joy rides in an F-102 fighter. For protocol's sake, the first invitation went from the U.S. commander, Brigadier General Paul S. Emrick, to President Pedro Aramburu. Last week, to Emrick's surprise, Aramburu stepped out of a helicopter at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza Airport ready for his ride...