But they were about to raise the stakes even further.
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So Game of Thrones' showrunners needed to raise the stakes.
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Today's test suggested that he might raise the stakes sooner.
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Thursday's test suggested that he might raise the stakes sooner.
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To compete, rival companies just raise the stakes for the audience.
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To some, laying bare China's claims will only raise the stakes.
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Officials said it should raise the stakes for combating climate change.
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What could he possibly bring up to raise the stakes there?
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How high should you raise the stakes about interference in the midterms?
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Wednesday's events only raise the stakes and reinforce each party's position, however.
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How else do you expect the media to artificially raise the stakes?
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A loss in Michigan would raise the stakes for Pennsylvania or Wisconsin.
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It's possible that Williams' public hearing could raise the stakes for Pence.
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Then, they raise the stakes: a male model comes out and gets naked.
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Third, Congress should raise the stakes for failing to pass a real budget.
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But the company's also set to raise the stakes with their next game.
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Clinton from the stage about her husband's misdeeds would raise the stakes considerably.
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You see a pattern here: I just keep wanting to raise the stakes.
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But LaJeunesse's stance against the company's policies may raise the stakes even higher.
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This determination of both sides to raise the stakes risks predictably dangerous consequences.
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They raise the stakes of protest and model bravery for an entire movement.
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Additionally, late-game stages can be captured quicker than usual, to raise the stakes.
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As self-driving cars reach the masses, they'll dramatically raise the stakes for cybersecurity.
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That should raise the stakes considerably for the sequel and its director, James Gunn.
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How do you raise the stakes when your Tomb Raider is more powerful than ever?
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There's no relationship that can raise the stakes more quickly than that with your children.
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On Tuesday, Johnson said the new messages raise the stakes on recovering the missing messages.
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The rulings on Thursday only raise the stakes of elections across the country next year.
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Mr. Kushner's participation, officials said, will raise the stakes for both Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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He summons up tentacle creatures with golden masks to challenge Sam and raise the stakes.
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Unsatisfied by the production of just one gruesome video, Aalborg researchers plan to raise the stakes.
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Perhaps the added competition will raise the stakes and force all companies to provide better service.
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If she falters in Iowa, it would raise the stakes in New Hampshire all the more.
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And this, in turn, has emboldened the Trump administration to raise the stakes of its demands.
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The charges against her raise the stakes in an election that was already bound to be momentous.
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They could also raise the stakes for Giuliani, whose financial ties are being examined by federal investigators.
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To the contrary, passing a resolution to investigate impeachment would raise the stakes in the constitutional confrontation.
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It is that strong emotional connection that is likely to raise the stakes as election day approaches.
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Both the Saudis and the Houthis appear to want to raise the stakes - with different goals in mind.
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A lucky gambler, Vladimir Putin knew when to raise the stakes and when to cash in his chips.
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In other words, I think what we lack is a proper wild card to raise the stakes further.
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She also called for China — which has long protected its strategic allies in Pyongyang — to raise the stakes.
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If Monday's events bore threatening implications for the President -- they also considerably raise the stakes for Mueller himself.
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Murphy and his writing team take pains to raise the stakes of their Santa Barbara high school's election.
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Well, Rubin Singer will raise the stakes even further: The designer literally took to the skies for spring '17.
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But new findings from computer scientists at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering could raise the stakes significantly.
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Such outcomes seem unlikely but underscore Democratic efforts to raise the stakes amid frustration with the administration's perceived stonewalling.
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It's a bad idea to bring rape in to raise the stakes unless you plan on handling it carefully.
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It will also raise the stakes for her campaign in New York, where 247 delegates are up for grabs.
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They both quickly agreed, surprising even some in the room by not demanding that the president raise the stakes.
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Having made no progress by his first summer in the White House, he decided to dramatically raise the stakes.
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"Unfortunately, the Kremlin feels the weakness of Ukraine's leadership in its unwillingness to raise the stakes," Mr. Mahda said.
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It heightens the drama of the whole affair, always fighting to raise the stakes of an already high-stakes situation.
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They are using ads, online petitions, outreach to editorial boards, rapid response emails, and other methods to raise the stakes.
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This week's events raise the stakes of a regularly scheduled meeting of the bank's supervisory board planned for Dec. 4.
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How, then, do you raise the stakes of voting for a Democrat who is in the same party as Clinton?
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That would also raise the stakes for a massive tax reform push Trump and congressional Republicans are undertaking this fall.
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Months of escalating tensions between Iran and its arch-rival Saudi Arabia raise the stakes for any future nuclear plans.
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Many economists have said that putting tariffs on cars would raise the stakes significantly and cause a lot more damage.
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This, researchers thought, would raise the stakes and impact the motivation of the children to keep the fruit for themselves.
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But it's the spread of facial recognition that is likely to raise the stakes around anti-mask laws the most.
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Hovering over those moves will be the approaching presidential election, certain to raise the stakes for Washington's environmental policy fights.
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But that little piece of cleverness doesn't change the fundamental thing Google chose to do here: raise the stakes for itself.
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Republicans won't be surprised if Ford holds a press conference or gives a TV interview, which would raise the stakes considerably.
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They start out with subtle manipulation and raise the stakes over time, so slowly that you don't even realize it's happening.
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A Republican involved in House campaigns, meanwhile, said the results raise the stakes even higher for the GOP's tax reform push.
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The move, and counter measure, raise the stakes in a brewing conflict that puts U.S. manufacturers and farmers in the middle.
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To raise the stakes even further, there was no exit mechanism for the single currency: monetary union was, by design, irreversible.
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These sensitive use cases only raise the stakes for how peoples' lives could be upended by a few lines of code.
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But further signs of escalation in the U.S.-China trade war could quickly raise the stakes for the S&P's leading sectors.
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That could raise the stakes even further for the party's push to reform the tax code, the current priority among House Republicans.
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It's also on the Democratic nominee to raise the stakes for this election and make people understand why it matters so much.
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He will try to raise the stakes by painting the election as a choice between himself and a radical, left-wing apocalypse.
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An independence vote in Micronesia&aposs Chuuk state in March could raise the stakes, potentially allowing China access to strategically vital waters.
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Nonetheless, the problems for Starliner raise the stakes for SpaceX's next launch of its Crew Dragon capsule, currently scheduled for Jan. 20033.
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"Tech companies are no stranger to using media, money, and smarts to raise the stakes on issues it cares about," Edmund wrote.
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The film wants to raise the stakes of Ellen's pain, but never justly explores the complicated feelings she must have about the death.
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While some parents continue to raise the stakes with elaborate and even dangerous pink-or-blue spectacles, others are choosing intimacy and complexity.
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To do so publicly -- White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted out the letter Trump sent to Pelosi -- is to raise the stakes.
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"The entire country, its eyes are on the state of the Wisconsin," Cruz said, pushing to further raise the stakes in the state.
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Democrats raise the stakes for Nunes As revealed by the phone records, Nunes was closer to the Ukraine affair than he let on.
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However, there are unique characteristics of this campaign that raise the stakes for debate performances and make them more likely to affect the election.
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The Justice Department inquiry could significantly raise the stakes for the Japanese steelmaker, Daisuke Yuki, a lawyer at Nozomi Sogo Attorneys at Law said.
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This action alone would raise the stakes for Madrid to the point where Rajoy would find it almost impossible to continue his hardline stance.
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The company, which has benefited from several scandals at Uber, is trying to raise the stakes in its rivalry with its much larger competitor.
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But now, Denver Cat Company is attempting to raise the stakes (and raise capital) in an effort to fund America's very first cat bar.
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Pelosi&aposs announcement came one day after the House Intelligence Committee released explosive new documents that dramatically raise the stakes of Trump&aposs trial.
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A few discreet words behind the scenes might considerably raise the stakes for elites to engage in such abuse of the global financial system.
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Now, the Trump administration has indicated it may raise the stakes by authorizing tariffs on all solar panel imports, including those from Southeast Asia.
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Though it does raise the stakes for the designers, to make something that is worth everyone waiting months, when it will finally hit shops.
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Centralizing schemes claiming to jump-start income growth are likely to fail, even as they raise the stakes of the winner-take-all political game.
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The growing signs of a wilting economy — similar to elsewhere in Europe — raise the stakes for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his standoff with Brussels.
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Although stocks have been falling since late September, the arrest of a prominent Chinese technology executive seemed to raise the stakes for investors last week.
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Chinese buyers may have learned some lessons, but they can struggle to run new overseas outposts effectively and piles of debt raise the stakes even further.
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The White House consistently tries to raise the stakes on immigration enforcement by bringing up the fact that some small share of unauthorized immigrants murder people.
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Check out the full list below: With a strong discount on the Pixel, Verizon and Google are looking to raise the stakes of the smartphone game.
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The House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released a trove of previously unseen documents that dramatically raise the stakes of the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
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It would raise the stakes for Intel Corp , which has been diversifying from its stronghold in computers into smartphone technology by supplying modem chips to Apple Inc .
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I loved the reveal that there were more demo-dogs running around; I got bored really quickly with how they used them to immediately raise the stakes.
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S. members of the deal, raise the stakes with Washington, push back against sanctions and try to create leverage with the U.S. where they had none before.
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Indeed, Ragnarok is colorful and accessible and full of Taika Waititi's playful spirit, and it does its part to raise the stakes of this particular Marvel franchise.
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Being on a plane can be stressful for an animal; these kinds of things really raise the stakes in my eyes for making sure that they work.
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It would raise the stakes for Intel Corp, which has been diversifying from its stronghold in computers into smartphone technology by supplying modem chips to Apple Inc.
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Her displays of manic energy are intercut with bouts of thoughtful contemplation that tug at the heartstrings just enough to raise the stakes on this otherwise frivolous weekend.
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Still, it's only a matter of time before e-sports decision-makers raise the stakes on what they'll allow from their representatives, which are pro players and streamers.
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At the same time, the Trump campaign is working hard to raise the stakes for Clinton, arguing that his recently rising polls mean she needs a game changer.
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Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, tried to raise the stakes for his Democratic rivals Tuesday in an interview with Fox News.
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MONDAY PUZZLE — When we last saw Gary Larson, he was making his debut in The New York Times by encouraging us to raise the stakes on our solving.
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This latest shooting will undoubtedly raise the stakes in the race for the White House, as the war of words between the presumptive nominees has already reached DEFCON 1.
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Their remarks to congressional investigators raise the stakes in their assertion that they knew nothing about the funding because it's against the law to make false statements to Congress.
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Since "Blackwater" in Season 2, Game of Thrones battles only continued to raise the stakes, redefining what we thought possible for cinematic war experiences (whether in TV or film).
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Playing out in the background, however, are concerns that a Russian strike on a U.S. military aircraft could provoke a wider conflict and raise the stakes to dangerous levels.
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But for this strategy to be effective, it means North Korea has to go nuclear first, to raise the stakes to an impossibly high level right at the beginning.
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The last thing you need in that situation is an external power deciding to raise the stakes for its local clients even further, and then just pulling out and leaving.
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The ho-hum feel can't be blamed on novelist Dan Brown, since no one could prod him to "raise the stakes," to use a popular note in Hollywood pitch meetings.
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There are other ways to raise the stakes, including making a bigger deal out of the clumsy reveal that Amanda Waller is the target of the Squad's second-act mission.
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It now has to decide whether to raise the stakes by joining the group in avenging Mr. Abu al-Ata's death, or to stand down in hopes of restoring calm.
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Their remarks to congressional investigators raise the stakes in their assertion that they knew nothing about the funding because it's against the law to make false statements to Congress. 3.
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"The Omen" tried to raise the stakes of the satanic-possession horror movie by making young Damien the son (secretly adopted) of an American ambassador with designs on political power.
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His appointment would raise the stakes in the battle for influence in Asia, with experts saying Harris could push the Australian government to tighten military cooperation with its traditional ally.
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Nuclear weapons provide unique opportunities for deterrence, perhaps discouraging an adversary's action due to the fear of the consequences and the potential escalation that could raise the stakes of conflict.
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Post Malone likes to raise the stakes when he plays beer pong ... and he went home a huge winner after sinking some cups with a ton of dough on the line!!!
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China, not surprisingly, said it would slap $50 billion of its own tariffs on American goods in response, to which Mr. Trump threatened to raise the stakes by another $200 billion.
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The angry tweets and dubbing a non-scandal "Spygate" may seem absurd, but it serves to raise the stakes of the controversy and further discredit any FBI efforts to investigate him.
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In tandem, the messages form a dual-pronged campaign to try and emphasize -- and raise the stakes -- of the risks of remaining a divided party, according to sources familiar with the effort.
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The Hulu show has since become a long-running soap opera about women's trauma, and like any good soap, it needs the drama to continue endlessly, and to raise the stakes continuously.
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If the Senate doesn't confirm Obama's nominee — and it seems pretty likely that it won't — that will raise the stakes in what was already shaping up to be a monumental presidential race.
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Federal prosecutors added charges of mail fraud and money laundering, following through on a threat to raise the stakes for parents who did not plead guilty to the original charges, mostly fraud.
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That kind of intensifying competition would raise the stakes for India's smaller wireless providers, with analysts predicting a period of consolidation to allow them to better compete against the top three players.
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Layers of fuzztone, feedback and backup vocals expand the soundstage and raise the stakes: "Finally it's time to make my words count/in a way I haven't quite figured out," she sings.
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They also raise the stakes, slightly, when Abbi scores a longed-for promotion to trainer, while Ilana gets promoted—and then almost immediately canned, after she tweets out a viral bestiality video.
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The women in Hunt's life, British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) and estranged wife Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan), are also back, providing a poignant love triangle of sorts to further raise the stakes.
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He knows he cannot afford a conventional war with the West, but he could quickly raise the stakes to the verge of a nuclear war, believing that the other side would always blink first.
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The emerging stack will serve to foster rapid evolution and ubiquitous deployment of IoT for myriad stakeholders rushing to raise the stakes in anticipation of economic windfalls by participating in the emerging IoT ecosystem.
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The Orlando mass killing and Trump's statement on Sunday afternoon seemed sure to raise the stakes for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, who has made tough remarks about immigration the hallmark of his campaign.
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"It does raise the stakes for the couple-hour shots that you have," said Daron Shaw, a political scientist at the University of Texas who advised both national campaigns for President George W. Bush.
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"Over time, Iran may gradually raise the stakes of its activities, butting up to US red lines but not crossing them, in order to test US reactions and resolve," says the Rand Corporation's Wasser.
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But as retailers continue to raise the stakes and swell the excitement, Black Friday spilled into the night of Thanksgiving and flooded the first half of December with Small Business Saturdays and Cyber Mondays.
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To Democrats, the cloud of investigations, indictments and corruption allegations surrounding Trump and Trump's inner circle only raise the stakes of confirming a judicial nominee — especially Kavanaugh, whose position on executive power is well documented.
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These actions raise the stakes for further Russian aggression, but additional defensive measures may be necessary to prevent Putin's pursuit of his overriding goal of restoring Russian control over the buffer states that adjoin Russia.
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FBI Director James Comey, did not opine publicly on the matter, but Obama proceeded to raise the stakes by claiming to have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that there would be consequences for those attacks.
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A tie-up would combine two of the largest makers of wireless communications chips for mobile phones and raise the stakes for Intel, which has been diversifying into smartphone technology from its stronghold in computers.
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Trump's controversial remarks defending the administration's response after Maria – a hurricane that resulted in the deaths of almost 200063,000 people – raise the stakes if Florence wreaks devastation, or if the federal response is found wanting.
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Republicans, rather, have been invoking the I-word with increasing regularity in an effort to raise the stakes for the midterm elections among their loyal voters and begin to close the enthusiasm gap with Democrats.
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Though melting snowpack from the Catskills and reliable rainfall often provide more than enough water for the region, the competing priorities of a thirsty metropolis and the needs of four states raise the stakes considerably.
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The Point: Mueller's findings take away the possibility that beating Trump will be a slam dunk, and raise the stakes on how best for Democrats to approach the campaign to come against the incumbent president.
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As the two sides engage in a tit-for-tat tariff exchange, the possibility that China might raise the stakes and stop being the world's biggest consumer of U.S. debt again reared its imposing head Monday.
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A tie-up would combine two of the largest makers of wireless communications chips for mobile phones and raise the stakes for Intel Corp, which has been diversifying into smartphone technology from its stronghold in computers.
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Additionally, cities or jurisdictions that employ police officers are reluctant to take on more liability as civilian recordings raise the stakes for police misconduct, said Jack Lerner, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
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A new ruling from the Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals against an exception in Wisconsin's voter identification law, which allows some people to vote without formal IDs, could raise the stakes of the November election.
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I think maybe something in my brain says that to raise the stakes and heighten it all, you put it in some big thing like time travel, and it allows you to concentrate on the small things.
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Gamification has always been a big part of the app, which incorporates Zelda-inspired heart bars to raise the stakes for getting answers correct and "streak counts" to keep users coming back to the app every day.
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Probably. Regardless whether the proposals were sound, - Italy's record in passing laws is no worse than most - or whether Renzi needed to raise the stakes so high is largely irrelevant to market participants in the shorter term.
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Trump took that call up a level on Monday morning, with two tweets that aimed to not only draw a very bright line between "us" and "them" but also to raise the stakes of that made-up fight.
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In this case, Mexico may have no choice but to raise the stakes and hope to arrive at the negotiating table with a threat at least as credible as Mr. Trump's promise to pull out of the deal.
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People who really want to raise the stakes in this scriptural to-and-fro might consider turning to a verse in Matthew's Gospel which warns of the dire consequences that may befall anybody who does spiritual harm to children.
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" Hillmann, who was not commenting on Skully specifically, said sudden riches in the business world specifically raise the stakes: "You're running a business, growing a business, responsible for what's right and what's wrong and keeping a company under control.
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They are certain to raise the stakes in his confrontation with the special counsel and are likely to unleash a significant political reaction from Democrats about to take over the House, lighting a fire under congressional oversight of Trump.
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Whether they're with dead dads or backstabbing brothers or trusty sidekicks or wise mentors, these bonds reveal to us what really drives the hero, reflect back their best and worse qualities, and raise the stakes of the end of the world.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China's growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world's most volatile areas.
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Jane E. Kirtley, a professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota and the former executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said that the Gawker case may raise the stakes for press freedom.
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And he still appears to calculate that, while North Korea is dramatically weaker than the rest of the world -- as well as his southern neighbors -- he can raise the stakes high enough that the playing field gets leveled pretty darn fast.
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These cuts only raise the stakes for rogue nations who may seek to test our inexperienced leader, and threaten to send a clear signal to our allies that they may want to rethink our longstanding relationship and seek other alliances.
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If a Supreme Court seat is up for grabs in the Senate elections, it'll raise the stakes even further on an already high-stakes midterm contest, one that was expected to be about resistance to Trump as much as anything else.
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"I think the main take here is that if we continue to see market turmoil, if we continue to see oil grind lower, that's going to raise the stakes for March and leave the euro vulnerable to further falls," Manimbo said.
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The new allegations raise the stakes in a showdown between Mr. Ghosn, until recently the head of the vast car-making alliance of Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi, and the prosecutors, who have been working in tandem with whistle-blowers inside Nissan.
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The case raises profound First Amendment issues, and the new charges raise the stakes of the case against Mr. Assange, who is already fighting extradition proceedings in London based on an earlier hacking-related count brought by federal prosecutors in Virginia.
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YouTube personality Logan Paul may have only fought one other YouTuber so far in his pursuit of a professional boxing career, but it appears he&aposs looking to raise the stakes by possibly taking on controversial football player Antonio Brown.
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Fearing that the provision of defensive weapons might tempt President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to raise the stakes, the Obama administration limited American aid to "nonlethal" items, including body armor, night-vision goggles, first aid kits and engineering equipment.
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And having Ray turn out to be a Really Bad Dude also helps raise the stakes for whatever's up with Elliot (though it continues to be a mystery as to how Ray knows that Elliot is a world-class hacker).
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In a post on Facebook, he said 5-Star should "enormously raise the stakes" by insisting its key demands are met, adding that the League's overtures were "a good thing" and might mean the next prime minister could be from 5-Star.
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Add in highly polarized parties and you raise the stakes to a point where it would feel like political malpractice for a party not to contest every inch of political territory, given that even one tiny inch could determine the balance of power.
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He thought he'd find an actual, physical maze, and in its center a big red button that would open a "cheat menu" so he could raise the stakes and allow the hosts to kill in return, just like in the real world.
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While respecting religious customs tends to raise the stakes, in terms of the path of moral righteousness, it's worth noting that you're on the wrong side of Ethics 101 for stealing anything, even an Easter Island ashtray, and refusing to return it.
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While the more intimate moments between characters can add emotion and raise the stakes in a very effective way, some moments fall short of expectations, such as the climax, which sees the Losers Club take on It in a vicious battle of... words.
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By the time Dohrmann wrote his story about ODHs, the big heads were everywhere; a nation of charged-up college-age goofballs caught the same benign spirit of collective absurdity and then proceeded to raise the stakes on itself, repeatedly and furiously.
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The streaming show, created by star/comedian Mae Martin, has seen the darkness of You're the Worst's most somber episodes — think Gretchen's (Aya Cash) many struggles with depression — and decided to raise the stakes to an even more delicate mental health journey.
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But Boeing's woes raise the stakes for SpaceX to perform successfully on upcoming tests as Boeing works to pinpoint the root cause, which may trigger months of delays and new costs if NASA requires design tweaks and a redo of Friday's mission.
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Being accused of scheming to whisk away a would-be political prisoner in the dead of night would dramatically raise the stakes, however, and could make it easier for Mueller to lean on Flynn in hopes he might flip on the president who hired him.
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But, right now, the concert feels like a concerted attempt by Epic to truly out-do itself and raise the stakes for what a live, persistent game world can be capable enough with the right creative minds and technical infrastructure put to the task.
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Similar to his Bachelor-esque rollout of Neil Gorsuch, Trump's team is leaking to raise the stakes, creating high drama that engages observers and signals to the contestants (in this case people with high-level security clearances) that they better shape up or ship out.
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But while the recording industry hopes to raise the stakes for online piracy by kicking infringers off of the internet, copyright experts say the legally dubious plan poses a huge risk to everyday internet users, free speech, and the openness of the internet at large.
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We caught a glimpse of the upcoming season at New York Comic Con earlier this summer, where we learned more about some of the new characters joining the series, and how the creators plan to raise the stakes for the next round of episodes.
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It rolled out its famous "One More Thing" teaser, which is typically reserved for brand new products like the Apple Watch and the iPad, intending to raise the stakes, to underline the X. Investors didn't bite—Apple stock began to fall after its announcement.
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It is also likely to raise new questions about the vulnerabilities of the former secretary of state and raise the stakes for her to win the April 21980 primary in New York, the state that she represented in the U.S. Senate for eight years.
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However these tactics are more of a hammer than a scalpel, and blocking all VPNs can significantly raise the stakes for censors -- VPNs are routinely used by large corporations and consulates for secure communications, and they will definitely not be happy if they're taken offline.
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Her intervention is likely to focus extra scrutiny on the accusation reported by The New Yorker and to raise the stakes even further for Thursday's hearing at which Kavanaugh is expected to present a vehement defense, which now looms as crucial for his confirmation hopes.
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Trump's latest effort to undo Obamacare will also raise the stakes of Democrats' intra-party debate over whether to pursue a single-payer health system that eliminates private insurers or set that long-term goal aside in favor of incremental steps toward universal coverage.
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The movie's attempt to make a real-life event into an action movie, and raise the stakes by telling an audience what they're seeing is a "true story," requires it to distort the events of September 11, 2012 — in some cases twisting it beyond recognition.
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A second independence referendum, following the messy and fractious attempt of 2014 that was defeated by 55 percent of voters, would drastically raise the stakes of Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union, potentially resulting in the breakup of a 310-year-old political allegiance.
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Following its ambitious collaboration with chef/activist Dan Barber's Row 7 seed company, which lead to the Koginut Squash Bowl and squash fries in late 2018, Sweetgreen was searching for another limited-time offering that could tell an interesting story and perhaps raise the stakes a little.
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But while both Pence and Trump sought to raise the stakes of the election by painting the health care law as disastrous to the US economy and Americans' pocketbooks, neither offered any significant new details to flesh out how their replacement plan will affect Americans' health insurance.
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It would raise the stakes for the audience, as we know exactly why the coach needs to keep this monumental secret from everyone in his life: It would destroy his family, as he has a son Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) who is just about Spencer's age.
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In a January 1213 speech on Wall Street and the economy delivered in New York, Sanders sought to raise the stakes of his disagreement with Clinton over the desirability of breaking up major financial institutions by asserting that he could and would accomplish this through executive action.
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While this does raise the stakes when a guard is pursuing you, it also means that you're out of luck if you have to quit unexpectedly or (as happened multiple times for me) you hit a crash bug or get stuck on a bit of level geometry.
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"For instance, Woods or Mickelson could raise the stakes by challenging the other to a long-drive, closest-to-the-pin or similar competition during a hole as they play their match, with money being donated to the winning golfer's charity of choice," the statement said.
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Natasha: That's what Lev was hoping for, according to his lawyer — along with hoping to strike a deal with the feds, Parnas was apparently trying to raise the stakes for the Senate trial and make it harder for Republicans to justify a refusal to call witnesses.
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By calling the decision "legally binding" and emphasizing the authority of the UN panel, Assange is hoping both to show that his claim that he's being unlawfully detained is legitimate and to raise the stakes for the British and Swedish governments for continuing to seek his arrest and extradition.
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The United States and China have been asking Pakistan to persuade the Taliban to make peace, but Afghanistan argues that Islamabad has done nothing to rein in the Taliban, and if anything has encouraged it to raise the stakes in hopes of gaining influence in any power-sharing agreement.
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But with a costly trial set for May, a move by RBS to raise the stakes could split more pragmatic institutional investors, which include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Axa and Aberdeen Asset Management and small shareholders, who saw personal funds decimated in the wake of the rights issue.
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What's more, we finally get a sense that there could be consequences to all this going back and forth in time, which I suspect will raise the stakes in the future of the series beyond the immediate drama that seems to follow Jamie and Claire wherever they go.
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Comey's testimony, if he appeared, would raise the stakes of the joint Judiciary and Oversight Committee investigation into the decision not to charge the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee over classified emails on her private server -- and the rare step for Comey to publicly announce Clinton would not be charged.
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"The NBA Finals and Taco Bell are the perfect matchup, and we can't wait to once again raise the stakes of an already fierce competition by putting free Doritos Locos Tacos for America on the line," said Marisa Thalberg, Taco Bell Corp's global chief brand officer, in a press release.
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More than that, though, this scene challenges us to imagine the ultimate competitor in the history of sports, reduced to a life of tedium and inevitable failure; that man, a brilliant athlete and entrepreneur willfully staring down slavery and all that implies, just to raise the stakes in a basketball game.
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While the person wasn't explicit, "everyone understood," said Klaus Ziehe, a spokesman for the state's attorney in Braunschweig, Germany The investigation, previously reported by several German news organizations, could raise the stakes for Volkswagen, which is already under intense scrutiny by authorities in the United States, Germany and other countries.
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Perhaps more concerning, it would raise the stakes for the Trump administration's North Korea policy, as it would be a return to the testing of capabilities that could actually be used one day to target the United States — an apparent threshold that recent statements from administration officials seem to indicate.
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Recent revelations that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation based on suspicions that Trump may have intended to obstruct justice when he fired then-FBI Director James Comey, and that Trump took steps to conceal details of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, only raise the stakes when Barr faces questioning tomorrow.
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Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineA lesson of the Trump, Tlaib, Omar, Netanyahu affair Warren's pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback Almost three-quarters say minimum age to buy tobacco should be 21: Gallup MORE (D-Va.) told CNN's "New Day" that Rosenstein's looming departure would "raise the stakes" of Barr's confirmation hearings.
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LEADING THE DAY WHITE HOUSE & ADMINISTRATION: The president this afternoon will raise the stakes with China over trade and protection of U.S. intellectual property with an Oval Office meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. Trump's discussion with Liu takes place during Washington talks between the U.S. trade negotiating team and their Chinese peers, with a March deadline looming (NPR).
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On the North Korean side, Jasper Kim, director of the Center for Conflict Management at Ewha Women's University in Seoul, told VICE News that the regime feels the need to constantly raise the stakes when it comes to the war of words with the U.S. "[North Korea] has to be uber-bombastic; it always has to be on the attack," Kim said.
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However Facebook's decision to reduce how many of its users have their data processed in the EU also looks set to raise the stakes — if, as it appears, the company intends to exploit the lack of a comprehensive privacy framework in the US to apply different standards for North American users (and from next month also for non-EU international users, whose data will be processed there).
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The protests, anger and incivility reached new heights in recent weeks, driven by some unexpected new developments that raise the stakes in November and put Washington — and the nation — on edge: All of this is taking place against a backdrop of economic uncertainty driven by Trump's global tariffs threats, which disturb Republicans, who believe the president is undoing the nation's gains they calculated from last year's tax overhaul.
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Comey's testimony, if he appeared, would raise the stakes of the joint Judiciary and Oversight Committee investigation into the decision not to charge the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee over classified emails on her private server — and the rare step for Comey to publicly announce Clinton would not be charged — as the probe has become a proxy battle on Capitol Hill between Democrats and Republicans over special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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"To this point, we believe the next 12 to 18 months is a pivotal window for platforms like Facebook and Amazon, among others, to aggressively secure the rights to various professional sports programming, especially as the Disney/ESPN launch of ESPN Plus over the coming year will be at the epicenter to Iger's master streaming initiatives and 'raise the stakes' for securing future sports content in our opinion, " Ives said.
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Sen. Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineA lesson of the Trump, Tlaib, Omar, Netanyahu affair Warren's pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback Almost three-quarters say minimum age to buy tobacco should be 85033: Gallup MORE (D-Va.) said Tuesday that the reported pending departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod RosensteinRod RosensteinWhy the presumption of innocence doesn't apply to Trump McCabe sues FBI, DOJ, blames Trump for his firing Rosenstein: Trump should focus on preventing people from 'becoming violent white supremacists' MORE would "raise the stakes" of next week's confirmation hearings for President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's nominee for attorney general, William Barr.
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