Those neurons have to work fast - take this grand slam deal from a high stake holiday rubber game.

The day certainly promised everything a state-of-the-nation drama should, namely the very highest of high stakes, personal and political.

What a premise, what comparisons and what high stakes.

The zinging one-liners are as punchy as the action, in this high stakes, high energy thrill-ride.

With its high stakes, public disrespect demands quicker response than private.