Although suicide is no longer a crime in most countries, and suicides are no longer buried, as they once were, at a crossroads with a stake through their hearts, severe disapproval of suicide survives in a different form.
With a lot at stake, we recommend a sound credibility check.
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On the latter point, Dr. Angelo Codevilla, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, observed what is at stake in a thought-provoking op.ed. article in today's Wall Street Journal.
"You've got a lot at stake in this election, " he boomed at a rally in Flint, Mich.
They could have, for example, held on to what became CNBC, or at least a significant stake.
He also mentioned the use of local petitions amongst measures aimed at giving voters a stake in politics.
MCA, they could at least win a stake for their ethnic group in the ruling coalition, or they could back a losing party.
Luxembourg, which does at least have a stake in Arcelor, fell into line with France, pledging to do what it could to stop the takeover.
The government still owns 32%, and in April it sold 4.5% to Blackstone, a private-equity firm, signalling that it wanted Telekom to be more market-driven, though eight months later it balked at selling a further stake to Sistema, a Russian firm.
To Mr Berlusconi's detractors this was a timely warning of what is at stake, and a reminder that Italy's prime minister is a billionaire entrepreneur who has stood trial a dozen times.
She will face Victoria Azareka of Belarus for a record sixth title in Miami on Saturday, but had family pride at stake in a late night clash against Venus.
For legal control of a Japanese company, an acquirer generally needs to have at least a 34% stake (note that when Renault took over Nissan, it had a 37% stake, and when DaimlerChrysler got Mitsubishi Motors, it had 34%).
While we understand the reasoning behind it, we believe that the decision to sell such a huge stake in ICBC at a time when stock prices across global markets are repressed may not be a very good one for Goldman in the long run.
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The candidate made it clear right at the top of his speech that a lot is at stake here.
For Democrats, that does not bode well for a 2012 election with 23 Democrat Senate seats at stake, and a filibuster proof Republican majority possible by winning only half of those.
For what's at stake is not simply a test of NATO's credibility -- what's at stake is the security of our allies, and the common security of the world.
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But the fact is it was the right decision because, as he said, hundreds of thousands of people's jobs were at stake, an iconic American industry was at stake, and he made a decision to press forward with the rescue of the automobile industry, which has turned out to be very much the right decision.
Moody's Investors Service estimates the size of his stake at 37%, versus a 60% stake held by Rizvi Traverse Management, the private equity firm that backed him in the buyout. (Playboy Chief Scott Flanders owns the remaining piece.) A Playboy spokeswoman declined to comment.
Then he got a 2.6% equity stake in Lante at a time when prepublic CFOs were usually getting no more than 1% equity.
The filing from Loeb is a 13G, which means the investor, who led a successful activist campaign at Yahoo, has only a passive stake in Herbalife.
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At home you are competing only against your opponent with nothing or very little at stake but at a major tournament you are competing against your nerves, pressure and a highly skilled opponent which has made many a gamer let the whole event get the better of him or her.
This is what tantalizes Laybourne: If she can carve out even a tiny slice of the huge sums at stake, she might build a billion-dollar business in little time.
Setting aside the issue of the debt ceiling, there is a lot at stake.
And people here clearly understand there's more at stake than a single issue like that.
But instead, she decided that there was a principle at stake, something worth fighting for.
So, trying to make it seem like there's a lot at stake for both candidates.
It's very clear that there is a lot at stake in the 2000 elections.
Refreshment and apparel producers and advertisers have a lot at stake in the annual bash.
For there is suddenly a lot at stake in American domestic politics (see article).
There's a lot at stake here for many people beyond Detroit and the business of building cars.
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