Word: staking
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Geithner and the Obama administration have much stake in the public-private partnership program. It is key to getting banks working again, which makes it an essential element in any economic recovery...
...chair of the newly formed Standing Committee on General Education. Already chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and instructor of a popular Core course, Moral Reasoning 54: “If There is No God, All Is Permitted,” Harris had a significant stake in the trajectory of General Education. The Gen Ed committee is responsible for soliciting and approving prosposals for new courses and departmental alternatives. And, as chair of the committee, Harris was charged with translating the ideals of the final report into a workable curriculum...
...Some promoters of this folly claim that their stake in its reinstatement consists of the elevation of our public discourse by giving both sides of any issue a fair trial in the public square. This is indeed a noble pursuit. Certain hypocrisies, however, expose the true motives of the doctrine’s supporters...
...Problem is, shares in PCH worth 292 pence a year ago are fetching only 20 pence right now. That's left Myerson's stake in the firm worth a measly $2.7 million. Should Myerson be made to pay the $3.5 million in cash he still owes his former wife, she'll have landed 105% of the couple's assets, Myerson's lawyers argued in court Wednesday, and he'll be left hundreds of thousands of dollars in the red. "The freefall in the value of the shares has completely changed the basis on which the case was settled," argued Martin...
...stake. Studies estimate that nearly 95% of music downloaded around the globe in 2008 - 40 billion files - was illegal. That would suggest that a ban in France might not actually help French artists too much because their work could still be pilfered elsewhere. But the sad truth is that royalties for presidential buddies like withered rocker Johnny Hallyday or comic actor Christian Clavier still do come primarily from France. After all, who else really wants their stuff in the first place...