Word: stakes
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...alliances between networks and producers at least apportion the risks and rewards more equitably. With an ownership stake in shows they air and the change in fin-syn rules, the networks for the first time can share in the money that a show generates in its afterlife. The producers, in the meantime, get the networks to take on more of the up-front costs. In a landmark deal last fall, ABC entered into a joint venture to create a new TV studio with Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. ABC has a 50% stake in the company...
...government approval of such sales has historically only been based on "whether the sale enhances U.S. security, regional stability and international cooperation." But under the new guidelines, the health of the U.S. economy, the fiscal situation of military contractors and the number of U.S. jobs at stake would become additional considerations...
...pretty picture. "I see a lot of anger and bitterness," warns Doris Bloch, executive director of the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, where donations are down 41% this year. "If people can't get jobs and enough to eat, they feel they have a very little stake in our society. If we think we have trouble now, hold...
...side is a group of women athletes demanding equal opportunity. On the other, an Ivy League University insists equal opportunity is exactly what it is giving. At stake, the definition of sexual discrimination and equal opportunity in an era where "gender" is a loaded word...
...principle, it is wrong to use the courts as a political weapon against the legitimate expression of the popular will. Testing the constitutionality of controversial new laws is important in upholding the checks and balances that keep our government functioning. However, constitutionality is not at stake in abolishing rent control, as attested by the fact that Cambridge has been without it in the past. Bringing the law to court in this instance is purely procedural--and political...