Word: sakes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...today’s Republican party, it is acceptable to make pernicious remarks against Hispanics in the name of border security. Outright racism is only thinly veiled. But it’s especially ironic that Mitt Romney, for the sake of political expediency, now attacks the immigration of citizens from the very same country that gave protection to his great-grandfather, grandfather and father and still hosts his cousins, nephews and nieces...
...pick up a few pairs at Maruji clothing store for herself and her friends back home in neighboring Saitama prefecture. "It's no good if it's not red," she says, as someone who wears them daily. "It keeps you warmer." As do the copious amounts of Japanese sake, beer and wine that stand out near the entrance to the local 7-11. One employee, Daisuke Fukumoto, says that retired men often drink outside while seated in Sugamo's plentiful rest areas, or take a tipple with them for the ride home. Unlike the real Harajuku, "not too many young...
...sake is also bought as an offering to any of Sugamo's two temples. The main one, Koganji, originally drew seniors to the area because it houses the Arai Kannon that, when washed and scrubbed by believers, is thought to cure illness. In the area surrounding the Kannon statue are two signs: one directs line formation; the other trumpets a nearby defibrillator device. Both signs are there to put Sugamo's visitors at ease...
...Tiger turnover, Housman drains a three right in front of the Princeton bench to make it 12-8. For Harvard's sake, he needs to get off early. After a poor night last night in which he only had 3 points, a bounceback could be in order. Princeton calls a timeout to stop the Crimson...
...father's last Cabinet, said after his death: "If he committed mistakes, we hope all are willing to forgive him." But no one has the right to forgive Suharto other than his victims - and God. There needed to be some reckoning for Suharto, not necessarily for the sake of justice or revenge, but because a young democracy like Indonesia needs to have a sense of what is right and what is wrong. Because Suharto did both good and evil, that distinction has been blurred. His regime is full of buts: yes, there was corruption and abuse of power...