Word: sakes
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...city of 450,000, built at the apex of a deep harbor, creeps up the precipitous mountainsides. Its atmosphere reflects a myriad of influences. Chinese temples share streets with grocery markets. The aroma of fresh-baked Portuguese castella cakes wafts out of bakeries standing amid sake bars decorated with red lanterns. Victorian-style European buildings have been preserved at Glover Gardens, a well-tended hilltop refuge named for Scotsman Thomas Glover who made his fortune in shipbuilding in Japan in the late 1800s. According to local lore, Glover's home inspired the setting for Puccini's Madame Butterfly...
...aside from the academic or community impact of gifted programs, it is crucial to group gifted students together for the sake of their social maturation. In their socially and academically formative years, gifted kids should be surrounded with those who memorize Shakespeare for fun, solve complex quadratic equations in their heads, and who yet cannot grasp some simple social conventions of propriety. Together, these children learn how to properly interact with other members of their social group and become more comfortable with themselves as individuals. It is important for gifted kids to be surrounded with other talented students because only...
...something quality over quantity,” he responded, explaining that colleges look for students who get the most out of what they do, not those who become involved for the sake of being involved...
...easy to like either, which is another thing that some readers may have a problem with. All four stories in "Summer Blonde" focus on rather negative people's inability to relate to others. "Alter Ego" tells of a young writer who begins neglecting his girlfriend for the sake of an even younger fan. In the titular tale, a lonely nerd fixates on a card shop girl who cheats on her boyfriend. Lastly, "Bomb Scare" gets right to the heart of being socially irrelevent in high-school. Each story reveals the secret life of the sad and alienated. If anything...
...churches and men's clubs, helping people come to grips with the prospect of the Second Coming. "It's very important that we as a Christian nation know what the Scriptures have said about these days," he says. "I'm putting forth my personal effort for my own sake as well as for my family and friends...