Word: sakes
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...were impressed. Before becoming the current Pope, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was considered one of the Vatican officials most skeptical about the efforts spawned by Assisi, which risked clashing with the traditionalist theologian's conviction that differences among religions should not be glossed over for the sake of feel-good encounters...
...education system and serve as an invaluable tool in correcting the inequality in academic performance. Students from low-income and minority backgrounds will be given the opportunity to catch up to their peers while also enjoying a direct monetary benefit from studying hard. Knowledge for knowledge’s sake is a powerful concept. This truth will be revealed, not desecrated, by the fruits that will be borne of these pecuniary rewards...
...most coddled canines. (He's on my lap right now as I write this because a loud thunderstorm is spooking him.) But there was also something a bit over the top about the process - something that ultimately made me want to shout, "This is a dog, for God's sake, not the next Dalai Lama...
...steps to address it. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson and Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi’s discussions about U.S. and Chinese economic policies are much more likely to result in positive economic change, including re-evaluation of the yuan, than is heavy-handed congressional legislation. For the sake not only of the U.S. and China’s future relations, but of the global economy at large, Congress should abandon the currency bills that it is currently considering...
...time. That is highly unlikely, but just a couple of decades ago, so was the prospect that the ice caps would melt. The British claim, and those that are sure to follow, amounts to a long-shot move that enables resorting to a future temptation. For the sake of Antarctica, let's hope we've got beyond oil and gas before that temptation ever arises...