Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation's future, when education is critical for restoring America's economic health. And with progress on civil rights and fighting poverty stalled, the federal government must provide aid for all low-income and minority students to ensure them equal access to college and jobs. With so much at stake, a college education should not have to rely on the political calculations of presidential candidates...
...what went virtually unmentioned in press accounts of the licensing agreement--the terms of which were kept secret--is that Essex holds office on Cambridge Bioscience's scientific advisory board. It is unclear whether Essex possesses a financial stake in the biotech firm. Also unclear is what role Essex played in Cambridge Bioscience's decision to buy the license and in Harvard's decision to grant the license to the Worcester firm. But what is clear is that the GP120 deal is another example of the dangers and difficulties which arise when universities and industry "cooperate," especially in the biotechnology...
Freedom of navigation, a principle the U.S. Navy fought to assert against Libya in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986, was at stake again last week in the Black Sea. Two U.S. warships, the destroyer Caron and the cruiser Yorktown, sailed about ten miles off the Crimean peninsula in the Soviet Union. The ships were warned that they were violating Soviet territorial waters and then were bumped, the Caron by a Soviet patrol craft and the Yorktown by a destroyer. Damage was slight, and there were no casualties...
Still, executives claim that there will be no skimping on coverage. "We've got to maintain the image of ABC Sports here," says Dennis Lewin, senior vice president of production. "Plus there's our own pride at stake." Other things are at stake as well. The Games come in the midst of the important February "sweeps" period and will give the No. 3 network a big, if temporary, ratings boost. The competition, however, will not be playing dead. NBC, for example, has scheduled its biggest mini-series of the season, eight hours of James Clavell's Hong Kong epic Noble...
...happy hour for the characters in this play. They have to deal with infidelity, death and unhappiness in general. And though the play's tone may be humorous, the issues at stake are far from frivolous...