Word: staking
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...greater than such image-making from the son of Camelot. In the current issue we have plenty of it-a shirtless and bewigged Charles Barkley dressed as our first president; a puff piece titled "Jesus in '96," and presidential candidate makeovers. George reads as if nothing more were at stake in the election than the aesthetics of the face behind that nice blue podium...
...election coverage so far by focusing on politics as a game. He writes, "Sizing up Lamar Alexander against Bob Dole is like having a preseason argument about whether the Yankees or the Dodgers might go all the way this year." Isn't the difference that something greater is at stake? And doesn't the media, as independent power holders, have a responsibility to present politics as such...
Clark, for example, owns 32% of Netscape. Before the company went public, it was almost impossible to place a value on that stake. Now that Netscape stock is traded, it is easy to figure out: he has almost 20 million shares, and last week they were selling for $65.50. That makes Clark's stock worth more than $1 billion. On the day before the IPO, he simply owned a large piece of a company that had never shown a profit...
When Jobs' remarks are repeated to Jeff Braun, he says, "That's what it's about! It's a vision." Braun is the co-founder of Maxis, which makes computer-simulation games. The company went public last May, and now Braun's stake is valued at about $79 million. To commemorate deals, investment banks make Lucite cubes containing miniature versions of the "tombstone" ads that run in newspapers announcing an offering. Braun holds up his memento of the Maxis IPO and says, "I'm proud of this. This represents the maturing of the company. It says you're an adult...
Provost Albert Carnesale introduced Stephanopoulos by saying that young people should have a particular interest in politics. As reasons why, the provost pointed to their idealism, energy, fresh perspective and, most importantly, the fact that they have the highest stake in the future direction of the United States...