Word: stake
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found liable, Deforges could be required to turn over the profits of all French and English editions of Bicyclette, estimated at about $16 million before taxes. Mon Dieu! With so much money at stake, even Rhett Butler might have given a damn...
...settler forebears, Willem de Klerk publicly -- and constantly -- urges that apartheid be replaced by black majority rule. A former Dutch Reformed pastor and editor who now teaches journalism at Rand Afrikaans University, he helped establish the liberal opposition Democratic Party in April. Although his brother's career was at stake, Willem voted for the Democrats in September's election. After the ballots were counted, F.W.'s National Party barely retained its four-decade grip on power...
...ultimate test, the council appears to have made gains where few would have predicted: This fall, the body has forced students to have a stake in their government. A rise in candicacy declarations and voter turn-out clearly testifies to students' support of an active council, if not indeed an activist...
More is at stake than the future of a habitat for alligators, wading birds and other swamp life. "This is not just an argument between greedy farmers and anxious environmentalists," says the Wilderness Society's Webb. "It's a planning issue of fundamental proportions. It's the future of South Florida." If the river of grass turns into a sea of cattails, the water supply for coastal cities from West Palm Beach to Miami could dry up, and a sunny subtropical paradise could become a barren wasteland. Floridians are coming to realize how much they too depend on the vast...
...Paine Webber and Dillon, Read. Campeau averted the crisis by arranging a $250 million loan from real estate giant Olympia & York, a major Campeau stockholder owned by Toronto's Reichmann family. As a result, Campeau's controlling interest in the firm he founded in 1949 slipped below a majority stake, from 53% to about 43%, while the Reichmann holdings increased from 24.5% to some...