Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With that at stake, the Administration trotted into position its biggest guns. Eugene Rostow, director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, briefed Republicans in the House. Secretary of State George Shultz and National Security Adviser William Clark lobbied individual Congressmen, and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger trekked to the Hill to buttonhole members. From Switzerland, retired General Ed Rowny, chief U.S. negotiator at the recently begun Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) in Geneva, telephoned key Congressmen. And the President chipped in. In an address to the Knights of Columbus in Hartford, Conn., Reagan attacked an immediate freeze...
Whether or not the Polish people dare respond to that call with widespread demonstrations, knowing that their jobs may be at stake, they have already made it clear that they are resigned neither to martial law nor to the permanent end of the democratic "renewal" that swept their nation for 16 months...
Making a movie out of a novel in which there is a strong emotional stake is never easy, and, indeed, it requires almost reckless courage to undertake the task. Unfortunately for Director George Roy Hill and Writer Steve Tesich, their recklessness seems to have deserted them once the deals were made and they set to work. They have not tampered greatly with Irving's plot or his people. What is missing from the movie is any attempt to discover a cinematic language that compares with the language of the novel. Where the book jumped, the movie plods; where...
...What is at stake for the Arabs...
Unlike the U.S., which has a great stake in maintaining neighborly relations with Latin American nations, Britain is keeping economic sanctions against Argentina. The Royal Navy plans to continue denying Argentine ships and aircraft access to a 200-mile zone around the Falklands. The exclusionary zone may be maintained at least until the end of August, when British military engineers expect to complete expansion of the runway at Port Stanley for use by a squadron of Phantom jet fighters and Nimrod reconnaissance planes. Britain intends to establish a permanent garrison of some 2,500 troops in the Falklands, as well...