Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unofficially calling it the Jackson Plan, after the late Democratic Senator Henry Jackson of Washington, who suggested creation of the commission. Like Kissinger and his colleagues, the President is playing bipartisanship for all it is worth. A problem like Central America, where governments, economies and lives are at stake, demands nothing less...
...Reagan Administration has a strategic stake in Sudan's wellbeing. Under Nimeiri, the country has strengthened its ties with Egypt, America's major Arab ally in the Middle East. Sudan shields Egypt's southern flank from attack and safeguards the upper reaches of Egypt's economic mainstay, the Nile River. In recent years, Sudan has also served as a buffer against the designs of Libya's Gaddafi, whom Nimeiri derides as having "two personalities, both of them evil." Finally, Sudan's key location might make it an ideal staging area for U.S. forces...
...sees himself as a champion of the poor should be coming to the defense of the powerful evangelist, who will have to serve 18 months in prison unless his conviction is overturned. Tribe has agreed to take the Moon case because he sees a basic constitutional issue at stake. The religious leader, he argues, was unfairly prosecuted for financial practices that are common among some larger, established churches; moreover, says Tribe, the prosecution is an unwarranted intrusion by the Government and a jury into church affairs. "It is exactly the people who are hated who ought to have the protection...
...venture capitalist. With his success has come enormous wealth. His 1.5 million shares in Intel, where he now serves as vice chairman, are worth $60 million. Along with Arthur Rock, his friend of 30 years, Noyce in 1977 helped bankroll Diasonics, the medical-instrument manufacturer. Noyce's 8% stake in Diasonics is worth $30 million. He helped finance Monoclonal Antibodies, which sells pregnancy-testing kits and hopes to market a product that will predict the timing of ovulation. Noyce has also suffered a few setbacks. Through a venture-capital fund, he invested in Osborne Computer, the maker of portable...
...four venture-capital funds that have invested $80 million in 65 companies, including Genentech, a leader in genetic engineering, and Tandem Computers, a rising manufacturer of large mainframe machines. The original $200,000 that Perkins' firm put into Genentech is worth $60 million today, while its $1.5 million stake in Tandem has grown to $250 million. Like many venture capitalists, Perkins often helps run the companies he invests in. He is chairman of the board of Genentech and Tandem...