Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot change the election of Cliff Finch; it was legal and is over. But we do not have to go along with what he has done (or not done) and try to say, for optimism's sake, that it was good. Instead, we can expose him as what he is--a political animal of the worst sort, one who knows how to appeal to people's emotions rather than to their senses, one whose actions indicate only a desire for self-perpetuation, a follower elected to a position of leadership...
Unfortunately for the sake of conversation, the litany isn't a very long one. After you get past the first few obvious names--Jack Dempsey, Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Conerly--the roster of Celtic greats starts to resemble a "Who's He?" of modern, and not-so-modern, athletics. Real old-timers--the ones ancient enough to remember when Notre Dame actually had more than two Irish ballplayers per year--like to pull out the names of The Great Ones. Big Ed Delahanty, the first man to hit four home runs in a major league game, and "Tip" O'Neill...
...than 200 employees to give worker representatives one-third of the votes in the new "corporate assemblies" that replaced the traditional shareholders' meeting. Another idea being contemplated by the Labor Party is the "Gjest Baardsen fund," named after the legendary Norwegian version of Robin Hood. Like its name sake, the scheme would take money from successful companies and give it to unprofitable ones for salary hikes. Still other future programs would, according to Premier Nordli, continue slashing "differences in pay, wealth and other advantages...
...while God takes a physical form in the figure of Krishna, his energy is present in everything. Thus devotees see God's energy in all material objects and use those objects for the sake of God, not necessarily for the sake of themselves or for others...
...Western cultures. In fact, a couple may not know each other before the temple president formally introduces them. Members of the movement consider sex an animalistic act on the level of eating and sleeping. They say it interferes with spiritual development. Therefore sexual intercourse is only practiced for the sake of procreation...