Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major gap still exists between the scientists and the non-scientists. Few of the latter care to burden themselves with the technical implications of rocketry, bomb testing or ocean turnover, for example, although vital interests--weather control, contamination of the atmosphere, and disposal of radioactive waste--are at stake. And yet the leading scientists of the country have been working on and occasionally lecturing about these important concerns of the IGY without significant communication with the University or Cambridge public...
...bargaining remained to be done. Would the Cypriot republic be a member of the British Commonwealth, or just part of the sterling bloc? Would Britain have full sovereignty over its Cyprus bases-including the right to launch military action from Cyprus without the consent of the Cypriot government? At stake was whether the British could use the base not only for NATO purposes but as a springboard in Middle East trouble spots, such as Kuwait and Oman, as Britain used it for Suez and Jordan. What would be the citizenship status of the thousands of Greek Cypriots now living...
Even a decade ago, so successful a Drang nach Osten seemed hardly possible, for twice in 30 years calamitous wars wiped out Germany's stake in the lands curving about the eastern end of the Mediterranean. Yet in ten years, West German exports to Greece, Turkey and the Middle East have jumped from less than $10 million a year to $500 million...
...staff, while swimming, was bitten on the lip by a hissing sand snake. More than the animals and reptiles, Fothergill fears the dangers of diving into the lake where there is always the possibility of losing an eye on a tree branch or being impaled on a stake. Lions and elephants will be relatively easy to handle. Says Fothergill: "An elephant can swim a long way. It will merely be a matter of shepherding him in the right direction. As for lions-we have nets...
...Lightweight Champion Joe Brown, upset by Johnny Busso in an over-the-weight bout last November, was in no mood to trifle when the two met again last week with the championship at stake. Bobbing, weaving and occasionally uncorking powerful rights, he bloodied the challenger, decked him in the ninth round, coasted to an easy unanimous decision...