Word: staking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...picture, take a tour, hear a story. This is where one man decided to free 4 million slaves, others to wage a just war, to build a Great Society, to topple an "evil empire." Great men, when they take custody of the presidency, make the Oval Office shine, stake their claim to a portrait on the creamy walls. Lesser men, at the very least, are expected not to smear mud on them. When Bill Clinton got the keys six years ago, the voters knew he brought a lot of debris with him, joints he didn't inhale and truths...
...targeting lies less in the technicalities of publicity than in the "marketing" of the events. Both the Affirmative Action Panel (organized by the Minority Students Alliance) or the banquet with AIDS researcher David Ho (organized by the Asian American Association) succeeded because students of all backgrounds found a personal stake in attending. Affirmative action and AIDS are issues around which multicultural audiences can form. Through intelligent "marketing" of such events, all students should be able to determine why it is important to attend events like Arab Awareness Week, or why they should come to a screening of "Slaying the Dragon...
When the Broncos take the field against the Green Bay Packers, there will be more at stake than Denver's first Super Bowl win in five tries. The fate of a new stadium, whose financing depends on ballot approval of a sales-tax extension, could hang in the balance. In early 1997, polls showed community sentiment running strongly against a publicly financed new home for the BRONCOS. But now, in the euphoria of a 12-4 season record and three play-off wins, Denverites seem ready and willing to tax themselves for the even greater glory of their gridders...
...write," it is true, is all these things, and more. "To write" is ultimately inexplicable and unbuyable--not even available through Kaplan. "To write" has a lot more at stake than scores. "To write" is itself a metaphysical concept...
...three successive years, and is the best three-year run ever. The index rose in each of the past seven years--not a first, but rare. And in that seven years it dipped as much as 10% only once, a record. The amazing run has prompted millions to stake their retirement on the bull market and by now has convinced many that a new era of prosperity is upon...