Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...entertainment, and as I try to find my future in it, I've decided only to have one rule, and that is: there are no rules. Maybe I should start my own company. Maybe I'll work for a company where I own one share or a big equity stake. Maybe I'll go over to Dive and make sub sandwiches." As of Oct. 1, he is at leisure. "I'll take a 60-day pit stop -- and I'm sure I'll be incompetent at that. I want to rest and recharge, make sure there's enough traction...
...third year, the all-day festival featured two stages, nine bands, and an array of vendors and activist group. The line-up for the main or "Mondo" stake was Sheryl Crow, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Blues Traveler and the Allman Brothers Band. In between each of these acts were performances on the smaller "Gonzo" stage by Cycomotogoat, Ugly Americans, Little Sister, Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies and Raging Slab. The festival has evolved and grown considerably since its inception, most likely due to the increased involvement of record companies who see the tour as a promotional tool...
...colleagues who are flirting with immortality. Forgo it because there's pennant fever in 12 cities, and because this summer the field of dreams seems so sweet. If you must, set a strike date for Oct. 3, the day after the regular season ends; with play-off money at stake, we'll bet it would be settled in no time. But for now, and for once, think of the sport before the business. Prove to the fans that you treasure their loyalty as much as their revenue. Do what you do so brilliantly. Shut up and play ball...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell tried to stake out the center today with a new health-care plan. His scheme aims to cover 95 percent of all Americans by the turn of the century. If this level isn't reached, employer mandates would kick in by the year 2002 -- something that should please the more liberal elements of Congress. Businesses, moreover, would pay only 50 percent of their employees' health care costs, not 75 percent as House Democrats would like. That's a bow to conservatives' wishes. Small businesses would also be exempt from this burden. While the plan received...
When Bill Clinton's campaign for President was faltering, a bus tour into America's heartland helped lift him into a lead he never relinquished. Last Friday, with the success of her husband's presidency at stake, Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off another bus tour, this one designed to rescue the Administration's campaign to overhaul the U.S. health-care system. Before a sweltering crowd packed into a plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon, the First Lady called on Congress to "do the right thing" by voting for a bill that satisfies the White House's primary goal: guaranteed health insurance...