Sentences with phrase «at stake in it»

At the same time, he re-stated the contentions of the plaintiffs (technically, petitioners) in a way that shows he has a solid grasp of what is at stake in the suit, and he decided that the case would receive expedited consideration.

At the risk of misrepresenting the intention behind this year's community conversation, I think that's precisely what's at stake in the quest to fulfill the promise of diversity.

Nor will her book help to instruct the public or teachers of mathematics on the fundamental issues that were at stake in California.

I admittedly have less at stake in whether Black Panther is a good superhero movie.

The Last Temptation of Sigourney Weaver What's at stake in Alien, Aliens, and now Alien3 By Kathleen Murphy

Demonstrating what's at stake in leaving her community would have given her dilemma a great deal more heft.

What's at stake in the film, after all, is the cultural observation at the end of the»90s that the beginning of the»90s was a period of moral vacuity, confusion, and listlessness following twelve years of Reagan optimism.

Not enough is fresh or at stake in Katz's catalogue of La - La Land amorality, no matter how artfully he wraps it in a dull glare or cloudy daylight and glowing nightlights.

That film showed what was really at stake in the revolution while Part II shows the climactic battle itself, allowing Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), the heroine who risked her life to save her sister's, the chance to finally face off against her nation's brutal political leaders and end their reign of terror for good.

An incident in Mexico puts a businessman's hefty investment at stake in this dark comedy starring David Oyewolo, Charlize Theron and Joel Edgerton.

What remains fulfilling is Lawrence and company's ability to perfect all aspects of the central struggle at stake in Panem.

This is what is at stake in this film.

There rarely feels like anything extreme is at stake in Hearts Beat Loud but everything about it is so light and endearing, Haley makes us care about Frank and Sam and their journey together and apart.

The «Captain America» trailer also has more action scenes and lays out what is at stake in the civil war among the heroes.

Like Vincent, Ari has much at stake in this pricey undertaking.

At the Ringer, K. Austin Collins wrote, «I admittedly have less at stake in whether «Black Panther» is a good superhero movie.

The fate of humanity, no less, is at stake in the fifth season of the racy HBO vampire series.

The deletion is an entire cut 12 - minute storyline, featuring more Hope Davis, and fleshing out what's at stake in Charlie's summer custody.

As in actual intramural leagues, there is basically nothing at stake in the film Intramural, Andrew Disney's hilarious send up of the Inspirational Sports Movie.

That is to say, there is little at stake in the third Thor movie apart from the possibility of an armageddon — called «Ragnarok» — striking Thor's planet Asgard.

Coogler's script pushes forward forcefully and cuts deeply, and along with Jordan's breakout performance as Grant it helps to remind us of the humanity at stake in headline - grabbing travesties of this nature.

But Frozen River may have enough pure suspense to break that jinx, which is strange when you consider how little money is actually at stake in the movie: Hunt really manages to inflate the value of a dollar, making you feel every nickel and dime.

Watching Joan Clayton burn reminded me of the real life women burned at the stake in the name of God.

But, again, only sparse notice taken of what's actually at stake in the story.

Sony may be the company with the most at stake in Blu - ray, but they've been less shameful in promoting it than most of their fellow movie studios.

Billions, Season 2, Episode 11: Chuck finds he has much at stake in his new venture; Axe takes out a huge short.

No one has more at stake in your future together with someone who has the same interests and dreams, so be smart about how you approach them.

Though frightening, his portrayal of a future underwater is an important reminder of what is at stake in the fight against climate change.

How much is at stake in your dietary choices?

A lot is at stake in the cause to protect marine habitats.

There's a lot at stake in our common future.

Latest discoveries of the team «Genetics of Tumor Suppression (CNRS, Institut Curie)» managed by Franck Toledo, University Pierre and Marie Curie Professor, recently published in Nature Communication should enable to better understanding mecanisms at stake in the Fanconi Anemia.

[3] At the time of the Piltdown «discovery,» human ancestors had been found only in Europe, and there was substantial national pride at stake in believing Britain to be birthplace of modern humans, rather than southern Africa.

Females may have more at stake in this assessment than males, she thinks, because females spend their entire lives on the same territory, so they use scent marks to assess the risk that neighbouring groups will encroach.

The students conducted «journaling»; written accounts of their thoughts and ideas about the issues at stake in the book.

Given the weighty interests at stake in this encounter between science and ethics, relying on an increasingly Delphic, decade - old single paragraph rider on an appropriations bill hardly seems adequate.

Vatican involvement in Italian politics is more than just an accusation; one look at its stake in the country reveals its reach.

Then, on Thursday, Martin Enserink wrote that, with «[a] nxiety... mounting that the credibility of Swedish science is at stake in the wake of [the] scandal,» «[t] he Royal Swedish Academy of Science weighed in on the affair [that day] with a strongly worded demand for a new, fully independent investigation.»

The Italian monk Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake in 1600 for pushing the idea; Galileo was convinced that alien beings lived on Jupiter; and in the late 1700s, Sir William Herschel, who discovered Uranus, wrote of his certainty that the moon must be inhabited.

Researchers have much at stake in the independence referendum, scheduled for 1 October in defiance of Madrid's central government.

«Scientists, who are better positioned than most to appreciate what is at stake in these political decisions, surely have no less a right and responsibility than any other group to ensure their voices are heard in the political process,» he said.

Almost 8 centuries later, a relatively young crater — dubbed Giordano Bruno, after the heretic who was burned at the stake in Rome for arguing that planets orbit other stars — was discovered on the far side of the moon by the Soviet spacecraft Lunik III.

A few starter cells scraped off one's arm, a night stewing in growth medium, and voilà: a vehicle for passive aggression more poetic than the world has seen since the days when it was still possible to irritate people to the point that they'd burn you at the stake in front of a crowd.

It is the population along the Continental Divide that is at stake in the legal case brought against logging proposals in the Stillwater State Forest, in northwestern Montana.

The idea that the universe might contain civilizations other than our own probably helped get Giordano Bruno burned at the stake in 1600.

Given how much is at stake in those simulations, Barrett says, users always want to know why they should trust the results.

Vote Labour to Save Our NHS By Diane Abbott MP One of the clearest issues at stake in the upcoming General Election will be the very future of our NHS, and the differences between Labour and the Tories on this issue couldn't be clearer.

Hodge Jones & Allen LLP's Nancy Collins, who is representing Humanists UK in the case, commented, «The issue at stake in this appeal is of fundamental importance; the right of those with terminal illnesses to choose when and how they die.

There's a lot at stake in this election, and the Senate Republicans are in Long Island's corner.»

«I personally have so much at stake in this election,» Koval said.