Word: staking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...election campaign was extremely divisive. Voters were called on to recognize fundamental differences between the candidates. The issues of character and values may have given the edge to Bush. So how can one call for a truce if such important issues are at stake, and why should the nation fall in line behind President Bush? Harmony does not come from a nation united behind its leader, giving him a second chance. It comes from responsible citizens working toward and arguing about the principles they want to build their society...
...days when quarterbacks like Fran Tarkenton drew plays in the dirt are long gone. There's now far too much money at stake to leave anything to chance, particularly when a team like Green Bay has $100 million invested in its quarterback, Brett Farve. The modern NFL player is fast, ferocious and laptop equipped, and he reports to a coaching staff so well organized that it puts most corporate setups to shame. That's because if the decision making isn't right on Sunday, you lose. And so do your customers...
...transaction that is now a central element of bankruptcy administrator Bondi's case against the bank. In that transaction Bank of America raised $300 million in funding from U.S. investors via two entities it set up in the Cayman Islands. The bank used the money to acquire an 18% stake in Parmalat's Brazilian group. News of the transaction sent Parmalat stock soaring 17% in a single day. Bondi alleges that this transaction fraudulently made a loan look like an equity infusion, a charge the bank denies. The refinancing was even more controversial because Sala, it turns...
...mild suggestion that Democrats should pay more attention to rural America. Indeed, a good example of the Reid style can be found in his handling of that hottest of issues, abortion. He opposes it except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at stake. But he has leavened that position with vehement support for contraception. He joined with Maine Republican Olympia Snowe to offer a bill ordering private health-insurance plans to cover birth control. He successfully filibustered for including such coverage in federal-employee health plans. Kate Michelman, former head of NARAL...
...creeds by the 2nd century. (Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy's beliefs go further, maintaining that Mary remained a virgin during and after Jesus' birth.) Says John Barclay, a New Testament expert at the University of Durham, England: "Theologically, this is the one thing that people will go to the stake for. If they defend the historicity of anything in the Christmas stories, they will defend this...