Word: sakes
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...Stability's Sake GUINEA-BISSAU Three days after being ousted in a bloodless military putsch, President Kumba Yala formally resigned his post. Coup leader General Verissimo Correia Seabra accused Yala of causing "political instability" in the impoverished former Portuguese colony in West Africa. Seabra promised to cede power to a transitional government that would oversee elections. Yala, who remained under house arrest, dissolved parliament in November and canceled polls four times...
...Iraqi footsoldiers running into view, passing under a line of barb wire, as explosions rip in the background. They give an after action report to their commander: "We exploded it. We are Mohammed's Second Army. Whatever you order us to do, we'll do it, sir, for the sake of jihad, our country, our religion and our Islam, in one strong hand. We will die for the sake of Saddam Hussein and to bring him back to run this country...
Practical considerations of effort and funding pale in comparison to the moral imperative that our society prevent these terrible injustices from happening in its name for the sake of “correction.” If criminal justice is to be left to prison gangs and sexual predators, let us say so, if not, let us prevent...
...kept his office as something of a shrine to Harvard’s past…for the sake of the future,” Gomes continued. “I believe that Archie actually believed every word of ‘Fair Harvard...
...owes over $20,000 in child support and does nothing to assist in raising his three children, two of which were conceived out of wedlock by two different mothers. Nevertheless, I am the immoral one. Did Christ want Churches to build multimillion-dollar facilities for pure vanity's sake or did he want us to respect and take care of one another? R.L. Foley Kansas City...