Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreement he made." Moreover, Nixon continued, "I told ((Gorbachev)) that after President Reagan left office, he would be enormously popular and would have great influence on public issues due to his incomparable communication skills. It was, therefore, very much in Gorbachev's interest that President Reagan have a stake in a new, improved U.S.-Soviet relationship which he would have initiated. This would ensure that he would strongly support his successor's efforts to carry out the Reagan initiatives. On the other hand, failure to reach agreement while President Reagan is in office might run the risk of developing...
...suppose, then people like Cliff Stevenson and Joe Morrone have such a shrill stake in denouncing the inclusion of foreign players in the rosters of successful college soccer teams? Misplaced patriotism? Yeah, that's the ticket...
...what way did Ginsburg or Gore or Claiborne Pell (a one-time, four- puff penitent) do wrong? The most obvious answer is that they willfully broke a law. True. But if what is at stake is respect for law, why the agitation about this particular law out of the thousands on the books, out of the dozens that every non-monastic citizen has broken at one time or another. If law is the issue, then the press ought to be asking public figures not "Have you ever smoked marijuana?" but "Have you ever broken the law, any law?" We could...
...more immediate deterrent to takeovers is the market's volatility. Wild gyrations in prices make it difficult for raiders to know what to bid for a company. Although Minneapolis-based Raider Irwin Jacobs has been boosting his stake in Greyhound and IC Industries since the crash, he is wary of making any big moves. Says he: "You don't do business in the eye of a hurricane...
...slowdown in the sell-off. Depressed market conditions forced the Premier to postpone the sale of the government's majority share of the defense and electronics group Matra, a $23.5 million enterprise. Meanwhile, the West German government appeared poised to put off the sale of its remaining 16% stake in auto giant Volkswagen (1986 revenues: $29.3 billion), despite earlier pledges of a sale this year...