Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hence, politics is a disgusting business. It is a process which systematically disregards such fundamental concepts as truth and integrity. And realizing the way political campaigns actually function only serves to further disillusion voters. For the sake of Americans everywhere, I hope the Bush campaign will be more careful with its confidential memos. It is not healthy for Americans to be allowed such clear insight into the sordid nature of political campaigns...
...Limbaugh is a one-man conglomerate. He has the book, which longtime listeners will recognize as Rush's Greatest Hits. (He hits on liberalism, environmentalism, Hollywood, and for old time's sake he hits on Mikhail Gorbachev.) He has an audiocassette of the book -- the ideal way to get through the tome, since Rush not only abridges the text but provides comedy sound effects (dolphin noises, Meryl Streep impressions and a frog slurp). He has the Limbaugh Letter, a monthly compendium "dedicated to preserving my wisdom for the ages" and "printed on nonrecycled paper." He has T shirts, mugs, bumper...
...essential difference between him and Caravaggio, though, was that Ribera believed strongly in drawing for its own sake -- no drawings by Caravaggio survive -- and was a passionate student of the 16th century grand manner, whose defining masters were Michelangelo and Raphael. Their works, he said, "demand to be studied and meditated over many times. For though we now paint following a different course and method, if it is not established upon this kind of study, ((our)) painting may easily end in ruin." This is why Michelangelesque poses often recur in Ribera's early work, such as the half- ruined, still...
...argument's sake, let's say Knowles' refusal to meet with Raza President Lilia Fernandez '95 and La O President Efrain Cortes '94 last week isn't totally incomprehensible. Let's grant that Knowles is a busy man who had already filled his schedule with important meetings for the week. And let's take Knowles at his word when he says he wanted the students to meet with some one in University Hall as soon as possible rather than wait for a far-off meeting with him. Fine...
...heaven's sake, don't sit on the sidelines and complain," he told the crowd of students, many of whom were dangling their legs over the upper balconies of the ARCO Forum. "Think about devoting yourselves to a life of public service...