Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PLACE YOURSELF in the position of entering a penitentiary for the first time in your life, if only for the sake of playing a mind-game. The initial minutes would be the most intimidating, as you took in the scenery that greets every new in-mate upon arrival. The stacked rows upon rows of cells stretching up to the roof, the paint on the cell bars chipping away to expose the constraining iron underneath, the echoing cacophony of voices rebounding against the unadorned walls of the block. The mere sights and sounds of the prison would be sufficient to inject...
...many Americans, affirmative action for the sake of equality seems a threat to the very concept of equality. If two people are equally qualified and one is favored over the other because of race or gender, is that not undemocratic and unfair? Says Martin S. Goldman, New England education director of the B'nai B'rith: "The evil is discrimination. One does not end discrimination by discriminating...
...subsequently entertained young audiences at over 350 youth concerts. "In some schools now they must justify retaining a music teacher by saying that songs help teach math or reading or science," he complains. "But what in the world is the matter with teaching music for music's sake...
...poorer for it. It is clear that Russell did not set out to produce a documentary, and no fair viewer should expect such a treatment; yet still it seems that a wiser filmmaker somehow would have worked more of Valentino's background into the movie, if only for the sake of an interesting perspective on a superficially charmed life...
...numerical statistics are only of limited value in determining a student's over-all qualifications and potential. Admissions officers have grown to appreciate more and more over the past decade that other factors--race, geographical location, economic status-must be taken into account, and not just for the sake of "diversity" (although, disappointingly enough, this is the chief rationale for considering these factors that Harvard gives in its amicus curiae brief on the Bakke case). A strong argument can be made for the usefulness of these non-numerical factors in predicting an applicant's motivation and potential for excellence...