Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Carter was criticized for the hostage crisis in Iran, he did manage to get the hostages released--an achievement Reagan has yet to accomplish in Lebanon, with far fewer lives at stake...
...time creativity carried the day, and the Eisner-Wells team took charge in September 1984. The Disney board ousted Miller, while voting Roy to the post of vice chairman. The Eisner-Wells duo flew immediately to Fort Worth to enlist support from Sid Bass, whose family was amassing a stake in the company (currently 17%). Bass was so impressed with Eisner and Wells that he promised to hold the stock for five years, an unusual commitment that would make Disney far less vulnerable to further takeover troubles...
Dukakis state coordinator Renz Jennings acknowledged that the Arizona win might not mean much in New York, where 255 delegates are at stake...
...stake in this debate, educators say, is America's position in scientific research and in the world economy...
Wisconsin had 81 Democratic delegates at stake,with Dukakis receiving 43, Jackson 26 and Gore 12.Going into the evening, Dukakis led Jackson, 692to 683, and Gore had 382 delegates. Simon had 171and 517 were uncommitted. The Democratic nomineemust receive...