Word: staked
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...Reagan realized early on that he could not avoid the economic issue. As Gloucester noted in Shakespeare's King Lear: "I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course." Reagan's stay-the-course theme emphasized his philosophy of reducing spending and the role of Government, and attempted to encourage voter patience with his economic prescriptions. Says Pollster Wirthlin: "Of those we surveyed, 58% said they believed the President's program would work eventually. It became a question of playing to the future...
...regrettable that those who have criticized the effect of "Common Ground" to walk this path and to that ought to be an integral part of university life don't understand what is at stake in sabotaging such efforts under a band of rebels and facile classifications of people and positions. But perhaps they do. If so, they might consider the comments made by an Israeli writer on the subject of "How Democracy Can be Distorted...
...Senate is unlikely to change hands. With only 13 of its 54 seats at stake, and most incumbents apparently secure, the G.O.P. expects to save its eight-member majority from more than one or two losses. Within the states, however, a more sizable shift is likely. Of the 36 Governors' mansions up for grabs, 16 are currently held by Republicans, and the Democrats have a chance of winning up to eleven...
Business has an involvement a stake a role in a variety of public policy I sues. It would be foolish to address them without intelligent collaboration with others. Filer said yesterday...
There was no doubt in my mind that our national security was at stake. In 1973, at the time of the oil embargo, we were importing about 35% of our oil. When I took office, our dependence on uncertain foreign oil supplies had grown to almost 50%-about 9 million bbl. a day. We were the only developed nation without an energy policy, and our total energy consumption was at a record high. The program put into effect during my term has now reversed the movement toward disaster. In some ways the bitter four-year struggle that proved necessary made...