Word: sakes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Will you go back to Iraq? I'll consider the timing, but I will definitely go back. I'll look at the situation in Japan because it's stupid to expose myself to criticism here just for the sake...
...their names and hide their real artistic and political views in order to win the respective loves of the Joyce-admiring Cecily and the Leninist librarian Gwendolen. The themes are the role of art and politics: should one accept a Wildean view of art for art’s sake, a Socialist one of art as political tool, or a Dadaist conception of art as needing to destroy itself? Is war a matter of defending the innocent or of seizing oil wells...
...moderate audience’s sympathies don’t always stay with the vengeance seeker. Witness Man screenwriter Brian Helgeland’s directorial debut, Payback, which quickly degenerated into brutality for what seemed to be brutality’s own sake. The difference is in the humanity; Payback was a perfect fit for star Mel Gibson, the master of sadomasochistic cinema, but Scott wants us to care...
...rapidly-approaching summer. In true Harvardian form, most students will rush off in six short weeks to don a suit and build their résumé at some ritzy New York financial institution, ready to be exploited for a pittance—all for the sake of a secured future. But though it’s certain to rouse some neurotic tendencies, Harvard students should realize that productive uses of the summer sojourn also include travel and relaxation...
...goodness sake, always use two hands...