While the White House said Mr. Obama felt freer to go than he did 13 days ago because health care legislation appeared in better shape, his schedule is still packed with other high-stakes matters of state.
Mr. Smith is now a lobbyist and chief executive of the National Association of Broadcasters, which has a long list of high-stakes matters before the Senate Commerce Committee, of which Ms. Ayotte is a member.
As you look around at these high-stakes matters of foreign policy and national security, you quickly realize that everyone, no matter which side they're on, takes it as a given that the president of the United States is an infantile half-wit, and they must adjust their strategies accordingly.
Those 20 or so firms are retained for high-stakes matters whose enterprise value renders them price insensitive.
Furthermore, if one system didn't work, another should have sufficed — multiple failbacks are only practical in high-stakes matters like driving on public roads.
The "profession" engages in "practice" activities a shrinking universe of differentiated legal expertise, skills, and experience that include representation before tribunals and high-stakes commercial matters as well as high-value matters where clients deem legal counsel essential.
I also tell people that values-based leadership works in every type of business, no matter how high stakes.
Crises are usually a matter of high stakes, and thus should be treated with the utmost discretion.
But for complex high-stakes political matters, three principles are critical for referendum design.
High stakes entailed high risks.
