Word: sakes
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...shinto gods must be jealous. As sake brewers (toji) continue to close up shop and sales of their product slow in Japan, what has been known for millenniums as the drink of the gods is sidling up to American bars and being given ample space on the shelves of wine shops and on wine lists from coast to coast...
...same time, the police acted reactively if anyone crossed the line and became dangerous to themselves or others. Rules were enforced not simply for the sake of enforcing them, but police resources were spent addressing legitimate public concerns. In this respect, the police presence made the tailgate feel safe and friendly, which is the perfect recipe for a good time...
...flyers would be the best way to be taken seriously, Bakker said. “To reach the sort of people who would apply to a job with UBS, it takes the dissemination of facts, not just protests and chants. Our purpose was not to protest for the sake of protesting, but to change attitudes,” Bakker added. “We hope we can get people to think about genocide, but more importantly we want them to think about ethics, and holding companies like UBS accountable for their activities.” UBS’s main...
...shave their pubic hair, Iweala’s novel tackles where war and cruelty intersect and the way that people can be corrupted by circumstances. Enough said. Of course Harvard and Yale have produced comparably great novelists, the same way we have comparably lackluster football teams. But for the sake of school spirit, I can argue that John H. Updike ’54 and Norman K. Mailer ’43 are objectively better than Tom Perrotta and Tom Wolfe. And, obviously, F. Scott Fitzgerald doesn’t matter...
...There weren't too many notes for Steinmeier to miss, however. Supported by Muhabbet and seven background singers, Steinmeier and Kouchner merely had to repeat the word Deutschland (Germany) over and over again, with a slight variation at the end where the word for Kouchner's sake - whose French accent added some extra exotic charm to the song - was substituted with Frankreich (France...