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...given all the losses that U.S. banks suffered in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you would think they would remember what went wrong." Concurs Ken Guenther, executive vice president of the Independent Bankers Association of America: "Why wasn't the Fed blowing the whistle on these totally inappropriate, crapshoot investments by some of the biggest banks in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brightest and the Brokest | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...crapshoot," she adds

Author: By Tara L. Colon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Tenure Troubles | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Living through a heart attack has always been something of a crapshoot, and now that seems almost literally true. According to a new study, patients experiencing cardiac arrhythmia have a better chance of surviving if the crisis occurs in a casino or even an airplane than in a doctor's office. The reason? Most doctors just aren't equipped to handle the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MATTERS OF THE HEART | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...women and their doctors, early detection of breast cancer has always had a crapshoot quality to it. Regular mammograms seem like a wise precaution, but the tests may be expensive and unreliable--and in a very small number of cases, may actually help stir up the very disease they're designed to spot. Neglecting mammography can be even riskier, giving an incipient tumor a chance to take hold and grow. This year the confusion only increased, with the medical community clamoring for clarity just as various cancer advisory groups issued conflicting guidelines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAMMOGRAM TWO-STEP | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...crapshoot every time point guard Tarik Campbell brings the ball up the floor, an electrifying uncertainty which crackles through every possession. Who will score? Who can score...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Electricity in the Air | 11/30/1993 | See Source »

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