Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suppose, for the sake of argument, that the stockprice of a given company would go down if Harvard were to sell its stock in that company. How would the price drop affect the company? As described above, it wouldn't. The company is completely aloof from any stock transactions in the secondary market. The stock would merely be bought by an investor who, noticing the low price of the stock compared to its earning potential, would snap it up as a bargain. This stockowner may well be less scrupulous than Harvard; he might not trouble to lobby at stockholder meetings...
...known. First, the headline "Lebanese Diplomat Faults U.S. Middle East Policy" does not reflect in any way either the letter or the spirit of Haddad's address. Dr. Haddad on the contrary was very thankful for all the sacrifices that the U.S. and its people have suffered for the sake of our common ties of friendship that go back 150 years in history. Dr. Haddad also correctly pointed out that what really makes the U.S. a superpower, a "great power," is that its policy is guided by principles of freedom and democracy. He drew on personal experiences when...
...accept the idea that any human cost is expendable for the sake of economic efficiency and lower prices. My family lives in Texas, and I can tell you that the oil crisis hurts everyone in Texas--from the urban poor to the middle class to the oil magnates. Your editorial shows not only ignorance of the economic impact of collapsing oil prices--on Third World debtor nations like Mexico as well as on regional U.S. economies--but also some Yankee bigotry. Your attitude is "Screw Texas and the other oil states because we've been screwed by high oil prices...
...ordering a new wave of terrorist attacks. Admiral Crowe voiced his concerns about firepower, and CIA Director William Casey about getting agents out of Libya. But they and everyone else present agreed with Shultz, who said, "We have taken enough punishment and beating. We have to act." For the sake of tactical surprise, it was agreed that the assault should be launched by carrier planes as soon as the flattops could get into position. Reagan directed that all precautions be taken to minimize casualties to Libyan civilians. Nonetheless, he told the council that it had his authority to proceed...
...boasts of terrorists for the sake of publicity are notoriously unreliable. On Friday, for instance, still another Palestinian splinter group made the improbable claim that it was responsible for the crash of the Mexican airliner early last week. But the link between Abu Nidal and the TWA bombing seemed plausible. His dossier of terrorist acts includes the killing of a number of Palestinian foes and Israeli officials and the bombing of synagogues in Europe. His group may also have been involved in last year's hijacking of an EgyptAir plane, leading to the death of 60 people when the craft...