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    By my troth, and in good earnest, and so God mend me, and
    by all pretty oaths that are not dangerous, if you break one jot
    of your promise, or come one minute behind your hour, I will
    think you the most pathetical break-promise, and the most hollow
    lover, and the most unworthy of her you call Rosalind, that may
    be chosen out of the gross band of the unfaithful.

    On one hand it's a way to raise reasonable doubt, arguing other people had motive to kill her. On the other hand, there is a dead woman and the real danger is that the jury may sympathize with the victim and turn around on the defendant and defense counsel.


    This approval takes some risk out of the equation for them. If they can get the production capacity, it has the potential to be a significant drug. The big issue for Bristol is patent expirations and whether the pipeline can offset them.


    Finally, in the short term it's really obvious. People need to hear about my book, and if they've found out about it and buy it, I make money. The net cost of eBook distribution from my website is approaching zero. With half a million downloads of Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom , it doesn't matter if my conversion rate is a tiny percentage, it's still doing incredibly well in physical sales. The first print run of 10,000 was sold out in months, and so was the second print run. The hardcover was twice the size of a normal run, and it's on it's second run as we speak. The numbers are modest on the scale of the Internet, but that gives you an idea of what the stakes are in science fiction publication. To raise the stakes, you need to go outside the traditional realm. If I rely on just the bookstore sales, I won't make a living. Putting it online does not put my livelihood at risk, you make a living finding new ways to do business.


    I don't have a whole lot to say about this one. That was a team that was hungry. . . . Sometimes, the wounded animals are the most dangerous.






    In general, what really made people money in the first quarter was the more aggressive sectors of the market. People in today's world are willing to take a lot of risk, and they are willing to pay up.



    They are very smart, very tough, good basketball players who know what they are doing. They are a dangerous team in that they can score baskets easily at any given time.

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    It's simple all of the roads were opened up to Arab traffic, and our lives are at risk. It's time for us to wake up and realize that by opening our roads, leaving army posts unmanned, and abandoning most of the army checkpoints, we are sitting ducks.

    Be vigilant about restricting your children from riding with a first-year teen driver. It's tempting to have different options for getting kids and teens to and from school, a job, sports practices and other events, but the risks are high. Parents who understand the risks should be more willing to personally drive children until teens obtain their full licenses or have gained enough driving experience to make them feel comfortable with transporting others.

    The seniors on this team have really stepped up their leadership. When we were 2-6 and in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in 26 years, that's when we responded well.


    Approximately 42 percent of Americans never eat a whole grain. Yet, whole grains can help reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, and may even help with weight maintenance. Helping Iowans understand those connections is one of the goals of the Ligh



    It will revolutionize the approach and the underwriting of satellite risks. This is not about offering cheap insurance. It is about rewarding the best companies in the business with premiums, which reflect the risk. It brings accuracy and market leading technology and information to a sector which requires it.

    I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.

    The good news is that the risk perception is sinking, and attitudes are rising as the current economic and political situation overshadow the past. The future of the market depends on where the economy goes and how the 2008 presidential elections go, and how these factors are seen by investors.

    If their climate heated up -- of course this is just speculation -- the flavor would come out of the wood a little quicker and they'd run the risk of building up some astringency. They'd really have to adapt to having younger whiskeys, I would think, to maintain the flavor profiles their customer expects now.

    I have spoken elsewhere of the dangers of inflation, were it to take root. Here the Fed watchers who read entrails might take note -- I am fully confident that the Fed will continue to do its part by containing inflationary expectations and pressures.

    There is a risk that if China liberalizes the foreign exchange system when the banks need to be recapitalized, there could be trauma in the system. My impression is that the Chinese are going to be as gradual as they can.




    The mood remains positive, but I think after the run you've seen, there is the risk as we move deeper into the earnings reporting period over the next week or so, that you have a little selling on the news.


    Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.


    Such a slowdown in growth, in turn, raises the risk that policy-makers might resort to protectionism. In that event, a period of very slow growth could, perhaps, be punctuated by periods of outright recession.


    Where I get frustrated is when we use government tax dollars to identify problems, we have developed a solution with our government tax dollars, but we have a reluctance to step in and mandate the solutions. What we lack sometimes is the political will to eliminate some of the risks that are still out there.

    The Bush administration knows everything about him and they desperately want him in there. They aren't taking a risk. They know he's an ideologue.



    Presume not in prosperity, neither despair in adversity court not dangers, nor meanly fly from before them dare to despise whatever will not remain with thee.



    Commodity prices are a risk to U. S. inflation and I don't think the market is pricing enough scope for that. If the Fed rate gets to 5.25 percent, then cash yields have to be at 5 percent plus.

    Government policies aimed at reducing oil demand create another element of uncertainty for producers. This added risk is detrimental to timely investment decisions.



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