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Word: sakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Salerno had been requisitioned for the survivors. But the townsfolk of Calitri remained unimpressed. They listened politely to the captain's arguments. Then an old man replied, "You are a good and capable man, but don't come here again. It would be better for your sake. This is where we live, and this is where we want to die." The buses departed empty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Chaos of Digging Out | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...Monsters' atmosphere of brooding paranoia is constructed with meticulous care, emphasizing abrasive musical textures. Clattering percussion, slithering keyboards and piercing guitar (courtesy of Robert Fripp) surround Bowie's sometimes morose, sometimes hypertense vocals. Oddities, such as a Japanese translation of "It's No Game," are included just for the sake of bizarreness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DAVID BOWIE | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

...standardized method for regularly reviewing offerings in the program. Establishing student-Faculty committees to evaluate courses in each of the five Core areas and then report their findings would prove workable and beneficial. But no system will work without the cooperation of professors teaching in the Core. For the sake of the program and students taking courses in it, they must learn to swallow their pride and accept some constructive criticism...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Keeping the Core From Rotting | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

...making against Black America, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan being the more vulgar manifestation of the same phenomenon. Such attacks, seek to pit Black people against other Black people (as the Klitgaard Report attempts to pit progressive Black people against progressive Jewish people) for the sake of the dominant white oppressor class...

Author: By Selwyn R. Cudjoe, | Title: An Ideological Trick-Bag | 11/12/1980 | See Source »

...struck two people and reinforced in many others the belief that it is important to avoid at all costs "appearing gay" in public. We were all reminded that anyone who is identified as gay is extremely vulnerable to attack. Walking home--in a group, for safety's sake--I was more aware than ever that the closet which supposedly protects gay people is nothing more than a glorified prison...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take Back the Night | 11/8/1980 | See Source »

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