Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...important to you to stake out a Pakistani voice separate from a general subcontinental voice...
...importance of what is at stake for Harvard in the proposed disbandment of the Linguistics Department should not be underestimated. Linguistics has historically occupied a central position in the humanities. The advances in linguistics during the last 30 years have not only been of great intrinsic interest, that have also exercised significant influence on developments in philosophy and psychology, most especially in the evolution of cognitive science. Many of us who are actively engaged in linguistic research believe that a genuine science of mind and mental process is now within reach. The disbandment of the department will make it difficult...
...engaged him in spirited but mostly constructive debate. The most common complaint was that the U.S. had no vital interests in Somalia; Clinton replied, in an odd echo of the kind of arguments he might surely have rejected as a Vietnam War protester, that the vital interest at stake was the credibility of American power: the U.S. could not just cut and run. Leaving the meeting, some lawmakers gave reporters the idea that Clinton would delay his projected speech to the nation -- which prompted the White House to hurry it up instead...
...those almost magical materials that allow electricity to flow through them with no resistance whatsoever. When scientists get the temperature high enough, superconductors could, among other wonderful things, make computers more powerful, turn electric cars practical and improve energy efficiency by offering a superior alternative to copper wiring. At stake in this competition is far more gold than the Olympic judges could ever award...
...million is quite a bit of money. When the Charlotte Hornets recently announced that it was willing to stake this not insubstantial chunk of change on one Larry Johnson's ability to put an orange orb through a hoop, I, like many others, shook my head in dismay. After all, I've seen dogs who have been trained to do the same trick with their snouts, and their contracts only call for the occasional extra can of Alpo. And this Larry Johnson fellow, isn't he best known for dressing up as his own grandmother to somehow prove the superiority...