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This isn’t about politics - it’s an independent, detailed medical report written by John’s primary care doctor based on his latest office visit from last week, anybody baselessly attacking John's doctor or questioning the standards and integrity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center system is grasping at straws because the issue that Dr. Oz staked his whole campaign on just fell apart today.

Gisele Barreto Fetterman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken, John Kerry … Jake Sullivan brought in all these guys who really staked their careers on the Iran deal, the JCPOA, in general, I think we continue to do the wrong things because people do n’t want to admit they’re wrong … the gambler’s fallacy.

Joe Kent

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Joe Biden said. Joe Biden spoke only for about 10 minutes but took a jab at rival Sen. Senator Sanders, who has staked Joe Biden campaign on the ability to bring more Americans -- particularly young people -- out in droves to the polls. Senator Sanders likes to say hell need a record turnout to defeat Donald Trump. Hes right, but were the campaign thats going to do that record turnout.

Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The Republicans have staked their defense on a variety of techniques that don't address the charges. They claim this a biased investigation, that this is a witch hunt.

Claire Finkelstein

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I had staked everything on it, i loved my job with ABC. I just felt compelled to do this.

Michael Davies

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We want to shout it from the rooftops but we know posting about his birth and it's complications opens us up to prying eyes - aka paparazzi staked outside our house, following our every move they way they did several times during my pregnancy, we are much too fragile for that right now and I pray wholeheartedly that we can have some space as we navigate these next few weeks.

Danielle Fishel

Found on CNN
4 years ago

President Trump's re-election campaign is completely staked on the success of voter suppression laws like this one.

Jason Kander

Found on CNN
5 years ago

’Young Sheldon’ has made a huge impact on our schedule in the short time it’s been on the air, while the show’s DNA is clearly rooted in ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ ‘Young Sheldon’ has staked out its own place in the TV universe with a unique creative tone, brilliant writing and a gifted multi-generational cast. We can’t wait to see Chuck, Steve, Jim and Todd’s vision for how the Cooper family deals with Sheldon growing a year older…and smarter.

Kelly Kahl

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

For North Korea, this is a matter of national survival—Kim Jong Un has staked his legitimacy on having a nuclear capability, north Korea has said clearly that the only thing they would consider as a starting offer for talking about nuclear, would be the U.S. removing its hostile policy.

Scott Snyder

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Sen. McConnell is leading his members into a box canyon, they staked out an unsustainable position, and they won't be able to hold it.

Adam Jentleson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Bunnings has staked out that territory so well to the exclusion of anyone else. The impression that they have made on the Australian psyche is that it is a default.

Tom Piotrowski

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People came out and staked a claim early on what happened, like the theory that MH370 had been shot down during war games, to retract that is an enormous blow to their credibility and professional career.

Chris Fleming

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.

James Madison, (attributed)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

George Washington, First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.

Dag Hammarskjld

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

George Washington

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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