Word: stakes
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...participate in discussions and receive grant money, but it does not allow men to vote--and with good reason. While the input men provide is valuable and their attendance at meetings is welcomed, the people who ultimately have power over the decisions should be the students with the greatest stake in the outcome...
Women at Harvard-Radcliffe have the greatest stake in the outcome in part because they form a distinct group within the community and have distinct needs. The staff fails to recognize this fact, which stems from two main reasons: Radcliffe's history and current gender inequality...
Thanks as much to its persuasive craftsmanship as to its wrenching theme, Schindler's List has already touched U.S. audiences. New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman has arranged screenings as an intended antidote to hate crimes. But no audiences could feel a higher emotional stake in the subject than those last week at premieres in Frankfurt and other German cities, in Tel Aviv and Krakow. Viewers wept. Afterward many could not eat or sleep or talk. Some had been afraid to see it. Others said it should be seen by everyone. Spielberg, less a promoter for his film than...
Five years ago, MCI Communications was approached by two eager entrepreneurs with an offer to take a 20% stake in a risky venture. Their plan was to transform a local radio-dispatch system, used primarily by taxicabs and truckers, into a state-of-the-art cellular-telephone network. MCI declined the $40 million opportunity, preferring to concentrate on its core business: long- distance service...
While that may sound like a multiple-choice test for economics majors, anyone interested in the future of jobs, prices and incomes has a stake in which answer turns out to be the correct...