stakeholder = 'a party with any sort of interest whatsoever'

[Victor Steinbok]

That sounds like the Monty Python "Loretta" sketch from Life of Brian.

http://goo.gl/jZUD

Then, of course, there is "What have the Romans done for us?".

http://goo.gl/ytPU

     VS-)

On 2/7/2011 7:52 PM, David A. Daniel wrote:
> Ah, good, so we are agreed then. Whether through media perversion or other
> means - perhaps just everyday usage, phase of the moon or something else
> entirely - Stakeholder means anyone substantially or peripherally (or
> anywhere in between), directly or indirectly involved with or affected by an
> issue/situation/decision/whatever. Glad we got that settled.
> DAD

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