Word: sakes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tragic struggle to fight back against the dead eyes of the Harvard networking machine, I can’t help but think that I may have thrown hundreds of babies out with their bath water. My overzealous self-righteous condemnation of meeting people for the sake of meeting people, has, predictably, caused me to meet no one. But what...
...throwing a barfly through a plate-glass window in 1997, he was asked whether he had any regrets. Barkley replied, "I regret that we were on the first floor." Now he's verbally tossing NBA players through glass. Unlike other analysts, he refuses to ignore the obvious for the sake of stroking egos. When Atlanta Hawks guard Jacque Vaughn opened the season with an astonishing 23 consecutive missed shots, Barkley brought a Bible to the set and held an impromptu "Pray for Jacque" revival. Informed live that Vaughn hit a lay-up, Barkley exalted. "He scored? The power of prayer...
This should not come as a shock to Americans. After all, since the tragedies of Sept. 11, Americans have willingly given up many conveniences, as well as freedoms, for the sake of greater collective security. We have grown accustomed to longer lines at airports; we have toyed with the idea of national identification cards, and yes, we have even quietly tolerated the racial profiling of Arab Americans and Middle Eastern nationals...
...irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.... Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence...
Samurai Japanese Restaurant: Come here to eat good sushi and go sake-bombing. $15-$25. Lunch: M-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; Dinner: M-Th 4:30-10pm; F-Sat 4:30-11pm; Sun 4:30-10pm. 230 College...