Word: sakes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...professor’s findings weren’t oversimplified. Indeed, with an upcoming book to be published on the relations between American academia and the rise of Nazism, we suspect Norwood has ulterior motives in singling out Harvard for criticism. Rather than presenting a constructive paper for the sake of scholarship, it seems he is attempting to gain some name recognition by attacking the American university with the most name recognition...
...outraged evangelical voters. No doubt there are many on the religious right who hold fast to precious beliefs and values, but the leadership of the Republican Party’s use of this issue is morally bankrupt—exploiting voters’ unfounded fears and prejudices for the sake of electoral victory...
...future. That's where the Dean and Kerry campaigns both came up short," he says ruefully. "Democrats need to put forward our vision of how to win the war on terror. Defeating terrorism is going to be the defining issue for years to come. For our party's sake and our country's sake, we have to get it right because Americans won't take us seriously until...
...hope they are successful in liberating Falluja from the grip of insurgents; a clear and lasting victory will bring Iraq one step closer to democratic liberty. To that end, U.S. military actions must reflect the promise of America’s honorable aims—both for the sake of maintaining the moral high ground and for the practical strategic reason that America must not alienate the people it has undertaken to free. After such hellish times, the people of Iraq, the citizens of the United States and the world as a whole deserve at least that much...
...supposed surprise ending becomes an “Oh, okay” moment instead of a “Wow, no way, that’s his father?” one. The movie, then, becomes a woeful drudge of cinematic excess: it’s cool for the sake of cool...