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Word: sakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hopes ricocheted through his emotions until the last second of captivity. Driven to an empty field, Kauffmann was joined there by Carton and Fontaine. Arriving a few minutes later at a hotel in Beirut, Kauffmann heard a French voice shout, "French intelligence services! Clear the way, for God's sake!" The ordeal was finally over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Years in the Belly of Beirut | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...solution is to abandon cash for cash's sake as the senior gift's goal, choosing instead to fund a specific, perhaps moderately-priced, project. Seniors could honor their graduation by helping to build a recreation room in a lower-income neighborhood...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: To Give or Not to Give? | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

Nonetheless, a memo aspires to usefulness, not nostalgia--witness that the last two syllables of the word have been dropped for the sake of economy and utility. The memo transmits to the future only as much of the past as will serve, and the future will forget the memo as it builds upon...

Author: By W. CALEB Crain, | Title: Re: 20th Century Literature | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

Gang warfare has bedeviled Los Angeles for more than two decades, but the burgeoning crack trade has lately made such groups as the Crips even more willing to kill for the sake of greater profits. Children of the underclass, weaned on violence and despair, have become bloodthirsty entrepreneurs. Some have made small fortunes marketing the cheap, explosive cocaine derivative -- known as "rock" in L.A. -- while settling business differences with state-of-the-art firearms. Many more have wound up in prison or the graveyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bloody West Coast Story | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...work is still important. if not for the general public, then for the sake of the team...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: From Booking Hotel Rooms to Putting on Wrestling Gear | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

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