Word: stakes
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...course, that's easier said than done. The tenth-ranked Big Red (5-1-0 Ivy, 14-1-1 overall) finish up its regular season against third-ranked Brown (6-0-0 Ivy, 14-1-0 overall) with the championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament at stake...
...stake in tomorrow's election is whether the progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) will retain its one-vote majority on the city council or if the balance of power will shift to the conservative Alliance for Change...
...spurred by the expiration of patent rights on the acid blockers and growing competition from lower-priced generic drugs, the pharmaceutical firms are seeking and winning approval from the Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter sales of somewhat milder versions of the blockers. At stake as the companies tout these products, say industry analysts, is an additional $1 billion in sales for heartburn medications. "This is a blockbuster," says Paul Kelly, president of Silvermine Consulting Group, in Westport, Connecticut. "It's the most dramatic medical launch since Advil." Two acid blockers, Tagamet HB and Pepcid AC, have begun...
...SHAKEN AMERIcans' confidence in the ability of the U.S. judicial system to deliver justice. As time passes, the case may recede into being only another speck of sand on the sand hill, but its effect on the shape of the hill will last forever. There is far more at stake here than the case. Yes, one side lost and another won, but did either one rise to the occasion? MAIR ZAMIR, London, Ontario...
...writing of tests is "a very expensive process," contested Nicosia, which would be "prohibitively expensive" if special administrations such as the Sunday test always used fresh exams. Given what is at stake, this concern about finances is troubling. We'd like to think that the people who make the SAT work in an economic vacuum. But attention to the costs is also instructive, as ETS and the College Board have recently introduced a number of changes that will be sure to increase revenue generated by pre-college testing...