Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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True, the author has abused his poetic license; he is often perverse for perversity's sake, and he can be more outrageous than illuminating. Even so, he has produced a highly original volume-his 41st book in 27 years. Carry on, Burgess...
Israel is well aware of the disastrous effect such an agreement would have on the Lebanese economy. As the Lebanese Foreign Minister put it, "this country could not endanger its trading relationship with 22 Arab states for the sake of a single one with Israel." (Rebecca Trounson, Boston Globe, March 13). Israel's response was blunt with chief negotiator David Kimche reportedly saying "there was no reason to continue negotiations if the Lebanese insisted on a closed border." (Trounson, Boston Globe, March...
...like to hit, but not just for the sake of hitting," the soft-spoken Sheehy says. "My whole purpose of hitting someone is to take him out of the play. Now, if I have a chance to rail someone...
...lettered WELCOME LIZ AND PHIL sign, to the Ranch in the Sky. En route Her Majesty put on rubber boots and a Burberry mackintosh; the President changed into cowboy boots, denim jacket and Western string tie. The hours of tough (and maybe gratuitously risky) travel were all for the sake of a Tex-Mex feast: tacos, enchiladas, stuffed chilies, guacamole, refried beans. Just after the Queen and Philip took off back down the mountain, the fog lifted and the splendid views were suddenly unshrouded. "Damn it," the President said, "I told them it was going to clear." Like other Golden...
Crews confined to the tanks exude and exert as much or more sweat and effort as teams on the water, without the feeling of the world sweeping past or the excitement of knowing that the boat has never gone as fast. They suffer for the sake of a distant goal and follow a schedule that monopolizes more of the athletes time over the course of a year than perhaps any other sport...