Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...means," says Marr. A year ago, two other insurance companies, conceding Granberg's death, told his wife they would not pay double indemnity, or extra accident benefits, because they thought Granberg had died of a heart attack, not drowning. Mrs. Granberg sued them, along with MONY. At stake was another $500,000 in benefits and interest. Last February, Marr decided to act on his suspicions. He assigned MONY Investigator Paul Bird to the case, and the two embarked on a dogged, six-month odyssey to prove Granberg had faked his own death. "It was his wits against ours," Marr...
...field goal or an untimely penalty can decide the Ivy League football championship. 1982 marked only the third time in Ivy history that three teams shared a football championship, but this year's battle for gridiron supremacy should be as hotly contested. No fewer than four teams can stake a respectable claim to be the preseason favorite, and if Harvard, Yale. Penn and Dartmouth stumble, don't be too surprised if Brown or Cornell rises out of the second division to grab the title. Only Princeton and Columbia seem inescapably bound for the ranks of the also rans...
...stake is America's most precious asset, its human capital. At stake, too, is simple human dignity. If wolves and bears and birds take meticulous care of their young, why are human beings subjecting theirs to whippings and punches and sexual perversion? Children, with their unrestrained love and unquestioning trust, deserve better. Says Sergeant Dick Ramon, head of the sex-crimes unit of the Seattle police department: "Child abuse is the ultimate crime, the ultimate betrayal." -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Meg Grant/Los Angeles and James Wilde/New York
...Muermann of the Bonn Cat Protection Initiative, the present epidemic of cattiness may have its roots in a 15th century bull of Pope Innocent VIII. It declared that cats were possessed by the devil, says Muermann, and caused 100,000 women who owned cats to be burned at the stake-accompanied, of course, by their pets...
...moved to sell off $650 million of company-owned stock in 30 companies, leaving the conglomerate with some $150 million in such holdings. The money was used to bring down the company's mountain of debt to $1.2 billion. Davis then also sold Gulf + Western's 21.4% stake in Brunswick, the sports-equipment manufacturer, for $97 million...