Word: staking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE THE FInancial gain realized by prolonging life in the terminally ill plays a conscious role in the care-giving process. However, given the fact that there are so many dollars at stake and that the Establishment must have funds to continue all aspects of the practice of medicine, I often wonder if there is a subconscious "agent" at work. The study done by the Journal of the American Medical Association does nothing to allay my fears in this regard. TOM MARTIN La Grange, Illinois...
What's at Stake...
Moreover, the whole subject is touchy because almost everyone has a stake in Scripture. Jewish and Christian ultraconservatives don't like hearing that parts of the Bible could be fictional. Atheists can't wait to prove that the whole thing is a fairy tale. And even for the moderate majority, the Bible underlies so much of Western culture that it matters a great deal whether its narratives are grounded in truth...
Just as clearly, the future of our country is at stake in the debate over the budget. The last 23 years have seen a general stagnation in the wages of the average American...
Consider first the fundamental question: Where does the utility of the computer lie? Ellison is correct in claiming that computers are useful as a means of accessing information. However, what's at stake is not the information itself, but how the computer accesses it and what it can do with it once...