Banks and insurers are being bailed out not because they deserve it, or for the sake of their employees, but because there is no choice.
Some members of Congress introduce dozens or hundreds of bills just for the sake of discussion or to draw attention.
Far too many news organizations in the West perpetuate outdated or simply wrong views of the Chinese government and its people for the sake of getting eyeballs or, perhaps, to try to help contain the country.
Now, who thinks that the AMA is going to allow nurses, or nurse practitioners (or, for the sake of extreme argument, patients themselves) to diagnose cancers with the aid of Watson?
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Where the law of the jungle takes precedence in everyday socio-economic affairs, societal norms of common courtesy and religious sentiments may also be cast aside in one way or another for the sake of survival.
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So whether you see the blossoms or the vomit, a half full cup of sake or a half empty can of beer, the future of Japan is in the hands of the Japanese, not the New Economy gurus we read about in TIME, Newsweek and Fortune.
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Throw in the additional rise calculated for that year itself (let's say another 2.5% or so for the sake of argument) and the council would be in real trouble.
Immediately after the Sarbanes-Oxley law was passed, audit firms were unwilling to risk scrutiny by the PCAOB and potential litigation under Sarbanes-Oxley over questionable accounting treatments or ones they were possibly coerced into agreeing to or ignoring for the sake of the relationship.
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Or maybe, for the sake of all your Facebook friends, just leave the Crazy behind in Cancun altogether.
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It's the choice of the Iranian government as to whether or not they make the right decisions, for not only the sake of the diplomacy, but for the sake more importantly, for the sake of their people.
For them not to know this was a terrorist attack shows they have no idea what's going on in the world or they're willing to sacrifice American security for the sake of getting through this election so the president can say that he defeated al-Qaeda.
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Whatever his decision is to continue fighting or hang up his gloves for the sake of his health Pacquiao has the the final say, and the boxing community will respect him.
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Perhaps we can develop more of these principles and disseminate the success stories of local technologies that could protect and advance the cause of environmentalism for the sake of the next generation instead of merely blaming and extracting punishments for the deeds or misdeeds of our predecessors.
Which is why McCullough also talked about the importance of pursuing passions for the sake of passions, rather than seeking accolades or striking off items from an arbitrary checklist.
This does not mean that there should be no diplomatic contact with Tehran or that pressure should be exerted for the sake of it.
Ministers have sometimes given the impression that they like upheaval for the sake of it, or because it fits their ideological fixation with a smaller state.
First of all, for the sake of your career or your business and even as an individual, are you doing things that fully stand for the principles you represent?
UNIFIL's Indian contingent, for example, keeps 30 men on permanent alert at each of its three checkpoints, all for the sake of the two or three occasions a month when someone tries to take a gun through or drive past without stopping.
Beware the change agents for the sake of change, but embrace change by design (radical or otherwise) for the good of the enterprise.
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Top-down government restrictions that stifle economic activity are not the sole or most desirable means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions even if we accept for the sake of argument the assertion that humans are creating a global warming crisis.
Do home buyers seek square footage for its own sake or in order to separate the pieces of furniture?
Genetically engineered plants are seen as a different matter: does it make sense to meddle with nature for the sake of a sweeter beet or a brighter tomato?
"I'm not interested in just being in Afghanistan for the sake of being in Afghanistan or saving face or, in some way -- you know, sending a message that America is here for the duration, " the president recently said on television.
"I don't feel the need to be something I'm not just for the sake of trying to look cerebral or highbrow, " he says, popping one of his perennial Altoids.
Rather, it means persuading someone to do something they do not want to do for the sake of the greater good or in this case, for your own electability.
The flip side to the preceding paragraph is growth for the sake of growth, growth by default and not by design, growth for the wrong reasons or at the wrong times, and growth in the wrong areas can create corporate ruin.
Secondly, we will not keep this in being any longer than is necessary, we will have annual renewal in any case, but no one, no one is going macho, no one is trying to do this for the sake of promoting some sort of vitriolic or anti human rights agenda.
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"With 4, 000 American lives lost and thousands injured, many of them permanently, Americans are asking how much longer must our troops continue to sacrifice for the sake of an Iraqi government that is unwilling or unable to secure its own future, " said Pelosi, D-California.
No names: I'll call her Ms. X for the sake of convenience, though "she" may or may not be a woman.
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Its future should not be jeopardised for the sake of a few billion dollars of soyabean subsidies or a few million tonnes of beef imports.
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