Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sports today is already suffering from an identity crisis and image problem. Because professional sports rely on gate receipts and television contracts, they often tread a thin line between athletics for athletics' sake and banal entertainment...
...spiritual concerns and power politics may seem paradoxical, yet the distinctive pressures of Washington life seem to be the driving force behind the prayer networks. "In this city, it is very rare to find friendships for friendship's sake," explains Senate chaplain Richard Halverson. "I think it is an expression of the need to share and express feelings with people you can trust." Besides providing a support group where people can pray together and confide personal problems, these weekly gatherings usually focus on Bible studies. "Calling yourself a Christian without reading the Bible is like calling yourself an engineer without...
...many species and environments threatened? The main reason is that throughout the tropics, developing nations are struggling to feed their peoples and raise cash to make payments on international debts. Many countries are chopping down their forests for the sake of timber exports. In Central America forests are giving way to cattle ranches, which supply beef to American fast-food chains. The pressures on forests have led Janzen, who has spent 26 years struggling to save Costa Rica's woodlands, to conclude that "everything outside parks will be gone, and everything inside the parks is threatened...
Contrary to popular opinion, final club members are sensitive to the way other Harvard students feel about the issue of admitting to the clubs. Believe it or not, final club members are not all sexist men intent on continuing a tradition merely for the sake of doing so. Final club members are also progressive thinkers who are actively involved in and concerned about life at Harvard...
...players were, not to be cliched, blue-collar. Dave Butz, Daryl Grant, and Joe Jacoby busted their helmets for a win. Of course, some players had flair: Manley and Green were always spectacular, but they were spectacular for the team's sake...