Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Here you don't have even a moment's peace. For if you do have such a moment, you may as well think about a physics problem that's not been solved yet, or finish a chapter in math or, for heaven's sake, finish reading Homer, or go over the geology lecture, or write an essay for Expository Writing," he wrote...
...complaints. Further, the issue raised in May 21 article regarding what happened between Dean Epps and University guest Lane Nishikawa, head of the Asian American Theatre Company, was brought to the attention of this office and its director by students and Mr. Nishikawa himself. We hope for the sake of all parties involved, that the fall meeting requested in the letter from the AAA will take place and will resolve this matter amicably...
...25th anniversary of '68 is a good time to reflect, calmly and philosophically, on these deep, underlying choices. On one hand we know that anti-authoritarianism for its own sake easily degenerates into a rude and unfocused defiance: Revolution, as Abbie Hoffman put it, "for the hell of it." Certainly '68 had its wretched excesses as well as its moments of glory: the personal tragedy of lives undone by drugs and sex, the heavy cost of riots and destruction. One might easily conclude that the ancient rules and hierarchies are there for a reason -- they've worked, more or less...
...closer to realizing a real sense of satisfaction than making large amounts of money." His father's experience of losing a lucrative legal business during the war but living well nonetheless provides insight for Soros. "Part of what I learned was the futility of making money for money's sake," he says. "Wealth can be a dead weight...
...approve of reform in general, the 220 million Americans who now have medical insurance are really looking for lower bills and better-quality care, or both. Republicans are likely to tell these people that they will be asked to pay more for less or no better care, for the sake of covering the 37 million uninsured. Administration officials concede that contention may be troublesome -- especially since polls show as many as 70% of those questioned think that Clinton is "too willing" to raise taxes, even before he addresses paying for health care. Says an official: "We don't have...