Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...futurist, however, Saffo does see an opportunity in all this to help distant generations. "For God's sake, let's go to five digits [for calendar dates in software] so we don't have a Y10K problem," he advises. Amen...
...history of the last third of 20th century cinema, Spielberg is the most influential figure, for better and worse. In his lesser films he relied too much on shallow stories and special effects for their own sake. (Will anyone treasure The Lost World: Jurassic Park a century from now?) In his best films he tapped into dreams fashioned by our better natures...
...report of the incident and Elster's arrest did not appear in the HUPD [Harvard University Police Department] blotter and the relevant incident numbers were skipped. HUPD claims the reports were misrecorded in the blotter, a record that is public for the sake of student safety. For breaking the law--and its trust with the student body--the HUPD should be investigated by state authorities...
...parents, for my sake, would like to see me out of [Sudanese politics]," says el-Gaili, who identifies with the "technopols" of Turkey and Egypt he wrote about for his thesis. "[But] there is that sense of obligation--having had this unique opportunity, to share it with my country...
...have worked over 26 full-time jobs, including nine presidential appointments and two elective offices," he says, "and I never at any point thought of what I was doing as for the sake of what I might be doing next...