Word: stakes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...leave seemingly insoluble issues, like the fate of Jerusalem and the settlements, to be negotiated after the interim period. The only way compromise can eventually be reached in these areas is if peaceful co-existence builds trust and an increasing sense for each side that too much is at stake to let the process falter...
...common blind spot when it comes to the issue of calendar reform: it's a bogus issue. Only an increased emphasis on teaching will really improve the lives of undergraduates at Harvard. Juggling vacation dates is merely a convenient way to hide from dealing with the real issues at stake. The council is excited about the wrong cause; the administration is entirely too smug...
...Benz, the maker of luxury cars, and Nicolas Hayek, the man who put almost 150 million Swatches on wrists all over the world. So far, the two companies have worked on separate prototypes, which they plan to merge into a single model produced by a joint company (Hayek's stake is 49%, Mercedes' 51%) for the 1997 market...
...much may be at stake? Robert Stone, a tax expert consulted by , has estimated the Clintons might have underpaid their income taxes by $11,000 in 1978-79-80 because they took deductions for interest on Whitewater-related loans to which they were not entitled. With interest and penalties, they would have to pay about $30,000 now to clear the debt. According to estimates prepared for by the accounting firm Grant Thornton, the First Couple's debt might come to $53,632 in an absolute worst case -- $13,744 in taxes, the rest in interest...
...Knight seks answers, knowledge, assurances, but he cannot find them anywhere. He is confronted by the effects of the plague, trains of flagellants and a young girl accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be burned at the stake. The Knight and Jons meet up with Jof's family, and together they cross the forest at night. There, they witness the execution of the of the young witch, played by Mausd Hansson. This is the most powerful scene in the film, and one of the most memorable in the history of the movies. Hansson's performance leaves one awestruck. She truly...