The German chancellor played for high stakes and won.

NATO has bet the alliance on Afghanistan.

But if instead you bet that there is no God, then you can lose it all, in this life and the life to come.

Essentially, he said this if you bet on God, and open yourself to his love, you lose nothing, even if you're wrong.

. negarmortazavi maybe i'll career switch TO an analyst cuz i called Rouhani win in our office bet... now my colleagues owe me free lunch ) Gissou Nia ( GissouNia) June 15, 2013

The Obama administration staked its reputation on getting Israelis and Palestinians to agree at least on security and borders.

As an advance. Even the debt of two cases of beer apparently the price of a lost wager, in which Simonyan bet on Clinton was not enough to dampen the chief editor s spirits.

Today, that share stands at a record high 14 , as post crisis America has made a big bet on an export led revival.

In other words, a China centric Asian supply chain has made a big bet on the grand European experiment a bet that now appears to be backfiring.

But, rather than focusing on the government s weaknesses energy, Europe, education, and family policy they bet their political fortunes on social justice.

From employing its strong trade position to exploiting its near monopoly on the global production of vital resources like rare earth minerals, China has staked out a more domineering role in Asia.

Pada Surat Tahunan tahun ini, saya dan Melinda bertaruh bahwa Afrika akan dapat memberi makan dirinya sendiri selama 15 tahun mendatang. Bahkan dengan resiko perubahan iklim, menurut saya, saya akan memenangkan taruhan ini.

During the early stages of the crisis, Germany, which had bet heavily on Russia s modernization, was averse to taking any consequential action. But, as the crisis deepened, German Chancellor Angela Merkel worked to persuade her European counterparts to implement a broad and biting sanctions regime.

NATO has bet the alliance on Afghanistan. No amount of transformation or partnerships or anything else will matter much if NATO fails for the first time in its history even if that failure is not of its own making.