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Word: sakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Anti-sweatshop and Rape Awareness? What do they have to do with each other? See, when you pull stuff like that, real head-scratchers, it gives the appearance of shouting just for the sake of shouting. You guys don't even know how to protest well...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Harvard, Overheard | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...film. Still, Lynch sticks to his tried and true methods in The Straight Story. Again, Lynch collaborates with composer Angelo Baladamenti to create a score that is hauntingly reminiscent of earlier works. (One can't help but wonder if this was an intentional manipulation for the sake of tension--a tension based more on the memory of Lynch's previous works than anything that actually happens in The Straight Story...

Author: By Teri Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mower Than It Seems | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...which is why the election Thursday of Indonesia's new vice president is a lot more than a formality. Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose shock defeat for the presidency in Indonesia's byzantine balloting system Wednesday set off a night of rioting, said she would take the job for "for the sake of the nation." Her path was cleared by an apparent consensus among the political elites that saw the withdrawal of two key rivals, armed forces chief General Wiranto and Akbar Tandjug, the head of former president B. J. Habibie's Golkar party. She also has the backing of newly elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the End, It Was Megawati or Mega-Riots | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...their sake, let's hope that it happens to be a windy weekend...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Rides Sparse Winds to Third Place Finish | 10/19/1999 | See Source »

...without an asterisk at the end. The Kroks know that they are charming, but they are, for the most part, just looking for applause and the invitation to sing one more, not to use their charm to ooze their way up a corporate ladder. It is charm for the sake of charm, not for use as a weapon. This is what endears them, at least to their Ryder Cup audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Behind the Curtain with the Kroks | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

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