Word: staking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is more at stake in this decision then the fate of one coffee shop...
...Basically we're dedicated to getting more people involved in SAA and giving them a stake in the organization and where it goes," Modi said...
ERIK LARSON had a personal stake in the cover story he wrote last month ("Why Colleges Cost Too Much," March 17). His daughters are still in grade school, but he and his wife are already saving up for what will be staggering tuition bills. To find out why college costs keep rising, Larson used the Freedom of Information Act and got his hands on government statistics about college finances. He wasn't surprised when his story grabbed the interest of fellow parents. What he hadn't expected was the reaction he got from other reporters. Larson has received several calls...
...move is an earth-shaking one, only in part because the people of Hong Kong, who have flourished under the invisible hand of capitalism, are about to be cupped in the very visible hand of socialism. But the economic questions, while serious, are not the fundamental issues at stake...
Certainly, there was tension in the air--everybody's future was at stake. Those "number-one" shrieks were matched in intensity only by the tacit sorrow of their unlucky counterparts...