Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...institutions whose overriding purpose is to discover and transmit knowledge it has often seemed best to tolerate unpopular opinions and questionable behavior for the sake of giving the most talented individuals the opportunity to publish and teach," Bok wrote...
...this Dream at the Loeb goes far beyond technical proficiency or dramatic virtuosity. The play demands total ensemble work not just for the sake of the number of major roles it contains but for the revelation of its multiple meanings, and the American Repertory Theater (ART) provides a group of performers with vocal skill, physical agility, and intellectual acumen. They present in transcendent clarity--sometimes in neon signs--the question at the heart of Shakespeare's play: how to create marital tranquility out of the irrational workings of love. Most of the refinements and elaborations director Alvin Epstein introduces serve...
...grew up in Louisville A stone's throw from the river, So if she loves to dive and swim, For heaven's sake, forgive...
...disclose security information. The Times, in listing the motives of leakers, says that some fear that superiors may override their findings, some long for personal credit, others with a grudge may want to punish a politician "with publicity even if an indictment is not warranted." For the sake of a good story, the press sometimes commits its own honor to shielding questionable collaborators. At least, the press should do a better job of alerting readers to the advantage someone, or some group, gains by a particular leak. Harold Macmillan, the former Prime Minister of Britain, thinks journalists are too rigid...
...Tokyo's coed Gakushu-in University, he enjoys belting sake and bellowing folk songs with classmates. But Japan's handsome Prince Hiro also respects tradition. So last week, having just turned 20, he participated in an exotic 8th century coming-of-age ceremony called kakan no gi (hat rites). Hiro, wearing a magnificent yellow robe, allowed chamberlains to replace the simple silk hat that once marked a minor with the ornate embi no ei (swallowtail ribbons) that symbolized manhood in ancient Japan. The presence of Grandfather Emperor Hirohito, 78, at the ceremony was especially auspicious. No other Japanese...