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...exercising our ambitions makes some sense. We've never had a chance to sharpen our competitive edges for the sake of our careers. And even if by some quirk, we had such a chance, we faced the prospect of being labelled social deviants. Now it's kind of exciting to be able to scramble with the rest for a piece of the pie. We've received social sanctions for our efforts, to boot. We're the first generation of Radcliffe women to enter the fray with zeal and confidence...
...Cavatica, the helpful spider who saw Wilbur the pig through some pretty rough times. She saved his life and also taught him to understand and accept death. It is a very important lesson, one I was particularly glad to see the movie people had not altered for the sake of a happy ending. Physically, however, my friends and I look different from Mr. Garth Williams' definitive illustrations in the book. We have been made cuter, which I suppose is nothing to complain about...
...society makes coercive claims to subsidy upon others, it implicitly assumes an entitlement to the lives and property of other individuals. The claim does not differ in essence from the one slave-holders imposed on slaves in the Old South: the group demands that others live for its sake. Profession of special worth does not justify coercive intervention on behalf of any interest group, no matter how skillfully the group may portray its aims as in the "common interest...
...woman make small talk and scurry around gathering chairs, first politely and then like demons. More "guests" arrive, more chairs accumulate. We in the audience wait, too, for the appearance of the orator, whom the old man has hired to speak on his behalf. For the sake of suspense, and for the sake of the climax when the message is finally delivered, the distinction between those inside the play and those outside of it is, appropriately, kept nebulous...
LaFarge said that the authors of the letter felt that a woman master would be a good thing for Dunster House. She said, though, that they did not want a woman master "just for the sake of having...