Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...FINDINGS of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America published this week have, not surprisingly, reaffirmed the United States' vital stake in Central America. For both humanitarian and security reasons the situation in the troubled region concerns us more than ever, the report states. With that said, the 12 member panel headed by former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 goes on to propose a set of conflicting solutions that if adopted as policy would inevitably fail to place Central America on the path to peace and prosperity...
...light of this country's long term interests in Lebanon--peace and the establishment of a government willing to cooperate with the U.S.--President Reagan should withdraw the marines and step up diplomatic efforts in Lebanon. So long as rival factions within Lebanon feel they have no stake in their government, that country will be fertile ground for violence from all quarters and immune to "peacekeeping...
...takeover bid. The agreement calls for Chris-Craft, a diversified New York-based manufacturer of boat engines, plastic products and chemicals, with fiscal 1983 revenues of $84.4 million and profits of $3.99 million, to acquire about 25% of Warner's stock. In return, Warner would gain a 42.5% stake in a Chris-Craft subsidiary that owns two television stations and interests in four others...
With such rewards at stake, it is no surprise that legal workshops on drunken-driving defense are well attended. Nichols and Joye, along with two other attorneys and two scientists, have been running one of the most successful. Incorporated under the name Continuing Education Seminars, the group is currently on a 15-city tour; as many as 100 local attorneys attend the one-day sessions, which cost $160. Other popular seminars have been offered by local trial lawyers' groups and the American Bar Association...
...English Protestant divine burned at the stake for heresy...