11. While there are plenty of jobs elsewhere, many ex-miners are reluctant to pull up stakes . 12. Some are wrenching : Do we pull up stakes and move to be closer to the new office? 13. Oilers players remain skeptical that Adams, who has lived in Houston since 1945, would pull up stakes . 14. Many workers in the same situation look at the bleak job market, pull up stakes , and move. 15. The private equity and hedge funds say they will pull up stakes rather than disclose information they consder proprietary. 16. It's the sort of thing that happens when the company in a company town pulls up stakes . 17. The fire, followed by the Northridge Earthquake, convinced the couple to pull up stakes and head for Colorado. 18. If they were to pull up stakes today and leave their jobs, the impact would have a devastating effect. 19. Up the road a couple of hundred miles, Vancouver is waiting for its NBA team to pull up stakes . 20. The rise of anti-Americanism in Germany is a minor problem for Americans, who can pull up stakes .