Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent weeks, some misleading statements have been made that could raise entirely unnecessary fears among student volunteers and people in the Cambridge and Boston communities. In the spirit of reconciliation and for the sake of clarification, let us emphasize several points...
...those who go for the "all or nothing" approach and find themselves believing that "nothing" in this situation is better than "all," I advocate an exception. Such a course as I am proposing would have a unique function on our campus, one that should not be denied for the sake of conformity to a general principle that clearly does not obtain in this case...
...other hand, Jayne said that elderly subjects usually participate for the sake of the companionship of the technicians. "They're usually very lonely," he says...
...case of Bosnia, that is exactly what American leadership has led to. Clinton has said he will send 20,000 troops to enforce a peace agreement, and Americans are deeply concerned about this prospect. They are not convinced that their sons and daughters should die for the sake of Sarajevo. Last Friday, in an extraordinary move, the House of Representatives voted to block Clinton from spending any money on the deployment of troops in Bosnia until both houses of Congress specifically authorize it. For peace to take hold in Bosnia, though, an American-led NATO force is probably essential...
...Radcliffe administrations seem to be, they have been strikingly similar in the last few weeks in the ways in which they have made haphazard staffing changes which will have grave consequences for students who are committed to public service. The administrators' decisions to promote restructuring for its own sake, especially without any regard for the profound effects on the students they purport to serve, should not be allowed to continue...