Word: stakes
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...Dean has consistently argued that the integrity of party rules is at stake. But that seemingly principled stand rests on shaky ground. In a New York Times op-ed article this week, Michigan Senator Carl Levin and Debbie Dingell, a Michigan member of the DNC, pointed out that one of the perennially pampered primary states, New Hampshire, also broke newly established party rules last year by defensively moving its own primary to an earlier date - and the DNC allowed it. Even discounting that apparent hypocrisy, Florida Democrats insist that the moves by their state and Michigan should have indicated...
...Aguilera: When it comes down to it, in order for Harvard to act, they need to have an incentive. During the hunger strike, during the Living Wage campaign [aimed at increasing wages for Harvard employees about a decade ago], during the divestment campaign, their reputation was at stake. As activists, that’s where we try to hit them. That’s why we’re in the middle of the quad, we’re sending press releases out to everyone, drawing attention to Harvard. Personally, I want to rid where I live of militarism...
...that building three casinos in the state will cause a dramatic increase in gambling among residents. Law student Andrew M. Woods, executive director of the GPSTS, characterized the ban as the actions of an overaggressive nanny state, pointing out that it included games in which no money is at stake. “How would you feel if they outlawed movies?” Woods asked. He argued that poker was different from pure games of chance, since it includes major elements of skill. “Is poker gambling? Yes,” Woods said...
...division and rage. We have been taught to fight each other, yet as youth, we have more cause than any group to be united. We share in the fact that as young people, we must inhabit this world the longest. As the most recent arrivals, we have the least stake in the old feuds and irrational strife of the past. Today—bound together by instantaneous global communication—we are conscious of this in a way no other generation of young people has ever been. Yet, everywhere we have been told to fear, rather than understand, each...
...Court's verdict, which could be issued in June, will reshape the legal landscape for this hot-button issue. "An entire provision in the Bill of Rights is really at stake in this case," says Nelson Lund, a professor of constitutional law at George Mason University School of Law, referring to the first 10 amendments to the constitution. If the Court determines that the right to bear arms is conferred only upon state militias and not individuals, Lund says, "The Second Amendment would become, essentially, a dead...