Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PARIS: The blame game has begun. At stake are big-money lawsuits, possible prison terms, and the unenviable role of scapegoat for the wrath of a global media audience intent on identifying, castigating and punishing the villains responsible for the death of its princess...
...light, or the raw materials it bought or the taxes it paid. Lenin missed this." Even more important, Museveni saw firsthand that nationalized enterprises didn't work. "Communal property was nobody's property," he says. "So nobody worked. The problem was motivation. None of these fellows had a stake." He opens his eyes wide to make sure his message has been received. "You have to base your production strategy on the selfish individual, not the altruistic minority." He compared how well his family had looked after their cows to Tanzanian mismanagement of state property...
...allegedly sodomized with a toilet-plunger handle by New York City police, was supposed to be confined to a station-house bathroom. But now that the attack is a public outrage--his injuries took him to the hospital, and from there to newspaper front pages--much more is at stake than just the reputation of Brooklyn's 70th Precinct, where four officers face charges. All around the country, the aggressive, "zero tolerance" policing strategy--which has contributed to New York's plummeting crime rate and is being imitated in other cities--is now getting a second look...
...pushed around a lot. But their cozy relationship is worth a look. It demonstrates how influential people scratch one another's back in ways not always brought to light. I should note here that both Price, who owns $63 million of ITT stock, and Dunlap, who has no financial stake in either Hilton or ITT, strenuously deny any tag-team effort. "I didn't even know Michael owned the stock," Dunlap protests. The Price camp calls any alleged teamwork "pure fiction." But if nothing else, as Humphrey Bogart told Claude Rains in the famous last line of Casablanca, "Louis...
...board separate letters on the same date, Aug. 8, demanding the same action--to let ITT shareholders vote on Hilton's $70-a-share bid--it raised a few eyebrows. Not that anything illegal had been done. But just how cozy have the two become? Remember, Dunlap has no stake in ITT. Yet his involvement is a huge boost for Price's cause. Dunlap is a lightning rod for publicity, which is one way of pressuring a board to act. Yes, it may be that Dunlap and Price just think alike. If it is more than that, we'll find...