Word: sakes
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...taking bribes from businessmen and Korean Olympic committee officials. Korea's top sports diplomat, prosecutors charge, ran "a general store of corruption." Kim has denied all the charges, although he admits he mixed personal funds with sports monies and that he had to spread cash around for the sake of "sports diplomacy," including sending funds across the border to convince North Korea to march as a united peninsula at the opening ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics...
However, Brecker does not use his ample talent solely for humor’s sake. Goodbye, Lenin! is dotted with distilled illustrations of the many facets of the reunification, some of which shine much brighter than others. When Alex and Lara look for a place to live together, they soon realize that mass exodus to the West has turned East Berlin into a veritable ghost town of cast-off responsibilities and forgotten dreams. In one powerful scene, the two of them prance through an abandoned apartment, a lavishly appointed mausoleum that is as empty as the socialist dream...
...list for achieving happiness went like this: 1) Wealth; 2) Desire; 3) Intelligence; 4) Genetics... When it got to 5) Beauty, I gave up. Beauty? Oh, for Christ’s sake, I thought, now I’m screwed. I started flipping to other pages in the little magazine, and I happened upon an article titled, “Great First Impressions.” Most of the piece was thinly-veiled self-help tips, with subheadings like, “Making Every Second Count.” Some gems: When a woman meets a man, she knows within...
...Kerrys hang out on Nantucket and in Sun Valley, Idaho. They don't own a ranch or cut scrub with a chainsaw. He often shows up at Davos. He went to a fancy private school in Switzerland. He and Teresa met at a global-warming conference, for God's sake! He wears pastel Hermes ties--a pink one at his Wisconsin victory celebration. And this guy calls himself an American...
...sake of lasting reform of a frustratingly corrupt system, the FEC should reconsider its ruling. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize how soft money is inimical to America’s democratic process. Massive, unregulated donations give private citizens, unions and corporations undeniable leverage over the politicians and parties they’re funding. After all, politicians can afford to blow off the demands of a $200 donor, but they’re not going to ignore the guy giving them $200,000. The BCRA was supposed to curb the influence of large donors...