Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though it is true that there will be less diversity without affirmative action in admissions, it is false that there will be no diversity whatsoever. A little less racial diversity for the sake of much greater fairness is a trade-off that balances the scales of justice. ALICE LAM New York City...
...frame the question as one of "competing nationalisms"--a framework that neglects key issues and invites us to take a hands-off perspective devoid of any moral or ethical responsibility. To see the matter in a purely nationalist framework--Israelis and Palestinians engaged in territorial struggle solely for the sake of their nations--is to overlook normative judgments and a sense of right and wrong. Looking at the controversy from international legal and human rights perspectives sheds a fuller light on the real questions of Palestine...
...Yeah. But not just for big's sake. Neither is this deal about building another empire or another fortune for its chief architect, Sanford I. Weill, the ever hustling CEO of Travelers. It will, of course, do those things. Since last Monday's announcement, Travelers shares have jumped nearly 10%, giving Weill incremental wealth of $123 million. That gets him to $1 billion--before stock options, where CEOs make the big dough...
...whims of General Motors. Moore focused on the human effects of unemployment, showing broken families and auto-workers turned rabbit skinners. The entire film builds to a single question: "What right does GM have to close its factories in Flint, ruining thousands of lives, all for the sake of corporate profits...
Working with such loaded lines, the cast still makes the play more comprehensible than it is on paper, loosening the free verse rhythm of Eliot's lines for the sake of a more conversational composure. Saadi Soudavar '00 in particular, in his enviable starring role as the "Unidentified Guest" delivers thunderingly philosophic lines with a disarming confidence that keeps the play from the brink of mental boorishness. He passes lumbering lines like, "There is certainly no purpose in remaining in the dark / Except long enough to clear from the mind / The illusion of having ever been in the light," through...