Brazil, the linchpin of any future hemispheric deal, is considering retaliatory steps.
Nebraska had emerged as the linchpin of the future of the Big 12, and now it appears gone.
Environmental groups are reassessing their willingness to see nuclear power as a linchpin of any future climate change legislation.
Reform of the House of Lords, not minor adjustments to the role of the monarchy, is the linchpin of any future constitutional structure.In any serious democracy the second chamber is elected, and usually based, on regional representation.
DealBook » Microsoft Deal Adds to E-Book Battle | The deal gives Microsoft a 17.6 percent stake in Barnes & Noble's Nook division and bolsters the bookseller's efforts to make its digital business the linchpin of its future growth.
In his speech before the U.S. Congress in May, Netanyahu even made this demand the linchpin of any future peace deal, promising "a far-reaching compromise" if only the Palestinian leader were to publicly declare "I will accept a Jewish state".
The deal, which gives Microsoft a 17.6 percent stake, values the Nook unit at $1.7 billion — roughly double Barnes & Noble's entire market value as of last Friday — and bolsters the bookseller's efforts to make its digital business the linchpin of its future growth.
But, Mr. WladawsaidBerger said, the company's decision to accelerate efforts to create new self-managing computers and systems grew out of work with big customers that had invested heavily in electronic commerce, an area I.B.M. has identified as the linchpin of its future growth.
The blasts came on a day when Iraq's oil minister announced that the country's oil production, a linchpin of Iraq's future stability, had reached its highest level in 20 years, helped by foreign companies now able to move into Iraq because of improved security.
