Word: staked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clearly taken by surprise, Shultz replied that such sweeping proposals must be discussed with American allies in Western Europe, whose security is at stake. But the more he and President Reagan pondered Gorbachev's offer, the more tempting it seemed. Meeting with the press back in the U.S. on Thursday night, after briefing the vacationing Reagan at the President's California ranch, Shultz asserted, "If we are placed in a box, it's a wonderful box to be in . . . We have been working from day one to bring about radical reductions in these weapons systems." Earlier, Reagan summarized Shultz...
...previous marriages, excised from the old man's will shortly before his death in 1983 at the age of 87. Was Basia a sorceress who abused and then fleeced a victim of senile dementia? Or were the children, all of them financially independent, avid for the $500 million at stake? Barbara Goldsmith, a journalist who specializes in histories of family distress (Little Gloria . . . Happy At Last), unearths a scandalous past of suicide attempts, drug addiction, incest and accusations of attempted murder. What the plaintiffs wanted, she shows, was emotional restitution, and they were willing to spend millions in lawyers' fees...
...protests fell on deaf ears. Parliament passed a controversial bill aimed at stripping the church of control of much of its property. At stake are 325,000 acres of farmland that the government wants for state-run collective farms. While church leaders have vowed to fight the legislation in the courts if necessary, some observers say the stage is now set for a second round of bargaining that could end in a face-saving compromise acceptable to both sides...
There is a moral issue at stake here which easily supercedes all the politics "Feminists" and "the Church" can come up with. Supporters of surrogacy insists that a surrogate contract is no different from any other. You give me $10,000, I'll give you a baby. Think about that. You give me $10,000, I'll give you a baby. Most contracts make allowances, even, for the abortion of the fetus if it is medically imperfect; no one, after all, wants to buy defective merchandise. The surrogate mother promises "not to form or attempt to form a parent-child...
Without minimizing the importance of protecting the right of free speech and movement, this community has experienced enough protest activity to realize that more is at stake. For instance, while everyone has the right to speak, should everyone have the right to speak without difficulty or voiced opposition? University principles dictate that students should not make visitors their prisoners, no matter how unpopular the visitors' views. But should every visitor have the right to move anywhere and everywhere like an honored guest? And, perhaps most importantly, who should enforce these rights and how and when should they be enforced...