Word: stakes
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...free market economy in Cuba, it must consider relaxing the embargo in exchange for concessions from Castro. The U.S. demands until this point have been all-or-nothing; relinquish power of else. This uncompromising stance was warranted during the Cold War, when national security was truly at stake and when Castro could rely on the Soviets for support...
...Leaders did not build public support first. From the day U.S. troops swarmed ashore, neither the American people nor Congress really had a firm fix, Flournoy says, on "the U.S. interests at stake, the objectives sought, our strategy for achieving them and the risks associated with intervention." Many Congressmen and voters are not persuaded an invasion of Haiti serves U.S. interests, and Clinton may be starting to make the case too late...
Normally, senior aides to Bill Clinton do not speak with frankness about the roles, missions and vital interests at stake in Haiti. But last week they were all eagerly making themselves available to deliver one message: that, as an official put it, "there comes a point where it has to be clear that the U.S. means what it says...
Other cable companies are already venturing into the telephone business. Among them: Time Warner, the media giant and No. 2 cable firm, which is building a two-way TV system in Orlando, Florida. The company, which last year sold a 26% stake in its cable and entertainment divisions to US West for $2.5 billion, plans to offer local phone service to Time Warner cable customers in Rochester, New York, in 1995. In preparation for that and future phone moves, Time Warner joined TCI and other major cable firms three weeks ago in unveiling plans to spend what could amount...
Much is at stake with the release of II. There is the sophomore slump to worry about. Then there is the money. The quartet has a seven-record deal with Motown that could pay them between $20 million and $30 million, depending on the number of copies sold, according to a record-industry executive familiar with the deal. "I can't tell you how nervous I am about the record," says Stockman. "I'm praying this record does well." His prayers will probably be answered. II is an album of fulfilled promise, and one that sends a message...