Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...admits with the grin of a baby Hitler, "just your average horny little devil." With a capital D. Big Bad Beelzebub. But devilry in New England is not what it used to be. Women suspected of having sex with Satan are not burned at the stake; they are snubbed in the check-out line. And in an age when even witches are feminists, a sexist like Daryl doesn't stand a chance...
...first major investors to begin sniping at management was New York City Developer Trump, who bought just under 5% of the company's stock and hinted that he might join in the pilots' takeover effort. But Trump sold his stake in the airline for a reported profit of $55 million. In the meantime, the little-known Coniston Partners had been quietly amassing shares, and suddenly emerged as Allegis' largest shareholder. Brandishing a 13% stake in the firm, the partnership announced its intentions to overthrow the Allegis board, name its own slate of directors and sell off the company piece...
...What is different about her is that she hasn't really developed her own schtick. She's more like a big sponge. It's as though she's not ready to stake out a territory, so she's unusual for someone who might be going on to a Ph.D...
Such general changes would help the Harvard Administration to realize its goals of augmenting the `Harvard Experience' and producing the most educated graduates it can. But first must come the simple affirmation of the stake students have in the community of which they are an integral part and in which they have a vested interest...
...incident. Officials were worried not only about the fate of Rust but also about the impact of his stunt on Soviet-West German relations. One senior Bonn diplomat called the timing of Rust's flight particularly unfortunate "against the background of the present arms discussions and everything else at stake in the world at the moment...