Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eleven years to build, cost $4.5 billion in excess of its original $1 billion price and has yet to churn out a single kilowatt. The plant has generated only trouble so far, which it produced in abundance last week. Public Service of New Hampshire, owner of the largest single stake in Seabrook, a 35.6% share, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, becoming the first major investor-owned utility to do so since the Depression. Though Seabrook was ready to run by the fall of 1986, its start-up has been delayed by political and public opposition. The bankruptcy will shelter...
...prominent conservative and former U.S. Representative to the U.N., admitted that she has doubts about aspects of the treaty. But failure to proceed at this point, said Kirkpatrick, would aggravate a deeper problem: fears in Europe that the U.S. has become essentially ungovernable. For the Senate, more is at stake than the treaty on the table...
...firm (after Exxon and Mobil). Nevertheless, Texaco has blocked his attempts to play a direct role in planning the reorganization. The company's proposal, which Schwartzberg approved last week, must now be accepted by Texaco stockholders. Icahn says he may team up with other investors to acquire a larger stake in the firm, and may also attempt to put his own hand-picked directors on the Texaco board...
Contrary to U.S. beliefs, however, there are in fact countries with a stake in blocking any Middle Eastern peace settlement, she says. Despite Syrian statements to the contrary, it is ridiculous to imagine the driving force behind Syrian foreign policy is a concern for the Palestinians. "There's something wrong in the Syrian position...in fact they do nothing for the Palestinians. The last thing the Syrians want is an independent PLO state on the West Bank or...a settlement of the conflict," says Mylroie, who plans to expand her research on this topic next year...
Budget realism becomes the test as the candidates stake out positions on taxes, trade and Social Security. -- Once again, Ronald Reagan will ask for a line- item budget veto. This year, more in Congress are listening. -- Eager to launch a refitted shuttle, NASA' S contractors have let the schedule override safety concerns. -- In Utah, polygamists defy police in a log cabin siege...