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...there is a catch. A community of scholars is predicated on a simple principle: that the necessary prerequisite for beauty's existence is a common and comparatively rare understanding of what that beauty means, of how it can be recognized, of what is at stake. It does not require a group consensus or vote by committee; but it does require the acknowledgment of at least one observer...
...tortured relationship between Israelis and Palestinians was not the only thing at stake. While there remained a sound logic against a new, widespread Middle East war--namely that the Arab armies are in no shape to take on Israel's--the furious race of developments left regional leaders with a creepy hint of that possibility, especially after a new front opened up when Hizballah militiamen in Lebanon breached the border to kidnap three soldiers from Israel. Barak holds Syria, the real power in Lebanon, responsible and said in an interview with TIME that Israelis would "keep for ourselves the right...
...nice guy. He wanted to show that there were differences, and they were serious." Without someone in the public arena slugging and scratching for them, Gore insists, Americans will be overtaken by the HMOs, prescription-drug companies and big oil. "You've got a lot at stake in this election," he boomed at a rally in Flint, Mich., to a screaming crowd of several thousand. "I ask for your support so I can fight for you, so I can fight for your families, so I can fight for your future." The evil that Gore will fight hardest against...
Boston might be out of the World Series, but from disgruntled Red Sox fans to native New Yorkers, many Harvard students have a stake in the latest series...
...according to Rosenberg, the randomization of the Houses has decreased interest in council elections because their particular House's interests aren't as much at stake...