"What is at stake is the ability of the so-called great powers to deliver.
But he added: "What is at stake is the ability of Mexico to keep peace and tranquillity for its citizens.
At stake is the ability of MySpace, which is owned by the News Corporation, to ensure that it alone can commercially capitalize on its 90 million visitors each month.
As the conflict deepened over the last week, commentators here have said that the stake is the ability of France to maintain itself as a major provider of news around the world.
"But in the long run, there is a reward".At stake is the ability of the 24-hour news networks to entrench themselves in America as the news source of choice.
At stake is the ability of the world's "lifestyle superpower" to sustain its cushy post-World War II entitlements like early retirement, free medicine and generous jobless benefits — in short, the treasured European welfare state itself.
The legal issues before the Supreme Court in AT&T v. Concepcion may seem complex, but what's really at stake is the ability of people to band together and challenge fraud, discrimination and other wrongful practices.
Commonly referred to as "net neutrality", what is at stake is the ability of consumers and businesses to reach the online applications and services of their choosing without interference from their broadband provider.
"However, we all are working toward finding a way to succeed in Iraq". At stake is the ability to sustain a war that so far has claimed the lives of nearly 1,750 U.S. troops and that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has predicted could last years.
At stake is the ability of states to protect their citizens, by regulating health, safety, the environment, and other primary interests and by giving victims of wrongdoing redress in court, as long as a state law doesn't conflict with a federal law.
