Word: staking
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...stake, especially now, is the very identity of the country. The Brits are a flexible lot, but in a very short space of time, they have seen a large amount of their heritage disappear. At the same time that the Blair government is banning foxhunting, it's also banning the use of nonmetric measurements, like feet, inches, miles and gallons, in favor of European measurements that most Brits abhor. Blair has reformed the House of Lords to gut it of its historical privileges. He is busy merging the British armed services into a pan-European force. After the next election...
...WHAT'S AT STAKE...
...which laws to challenge, how aggressively to prosecute and where to throw your best lawyers. Women's groups question his willingness to enforce laws protecting access to abortion clinics; consumer groups wonder how aggressive he will be on antitrust matters. When religious as well as legal principles are at stake, which ones prevail? In a nationally known right-to-die case, Pete Busalacchi battled Ashcroft for years over the right of a parent to end the life of a comatose child with no hope of recovery. The long fight left Busalacchi bitter. "It was a matter of one person...
...about 20% of the assets of US Airways, the No. 6 carrier, which United was trying to acquire before federal regulators delayed that $4.3 billion deal. By unloading assets, United figures to win antitrust approval for the merger. American would also shell out $82 million for a 49% stake in DC Air, a Washington-based start-up that Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, is carving out of US Airways...
...peace agreement that would have them withdraw and restore some form of democratic rule in Congo. And although Kabila was most consistently blamed - even by his allies - for wrecking the peace process, it's far from clear that any of his interventionist neighbors will ultimately let go of their stake in a country where, despite the absence of the most basic economic infrastructure, rich mineral deposits mean there's money to be made...