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Another proximate cause were new loosey-goosey borrowing rules (if they can be called that) that allowed the likes of Bear Stearns and Lehman to pile $30 of debt onto each $1 of capital. The chief executives of these firms argued vociferously for the right to greater leverage and vociferously against regulating derivatives because, they claimed, unfettered markets were more efficient. Yes, it was the unfettered use of leverage and derivatives that destroyed their companies and wreaked havoc on the rest...
Second, baseball still has a lot of cleaning up to do. In his televised confession, Rodriguez cited the "loosey-goosey" attitude toward drugs earlier this decade. That's putting it mildly. The decision by management, coaches and the players' union to ignore the steroid problem was a beanball aimed straight at the sport's credibility. If we wanted a pharmacological freak show, we'd watch pro wrestling...
...theory, Nixon says it is unlikely that a nuclear conflict would be ignited in either Afghanistan ("too far away for us") or in Central America ("too far away for them"). The most probable place would be the Middle East. "But, you know, the Russians might be a little goosey about going in there because they could think, 'Those Israelis have a Masada complex.' Someone pushes the Israelis, the Israelis might just bomb the bastards...
...than in the ECAC tournament,” said Yale coach Tim Taylor ’63, whose team will be challenged by Brown goaltender Yann Danis, an All-American last season. “Team defense and goaltending is going to be the key. If we play loosey-goosey hockey and don’t pay attention to defense, we can get victimized...
...they have the full story. WorldCom's "line cost" category is a big bucket, says analyst Susan Kalla of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. "People knowledgeable about WorldCom say they also capitalized expenses related to software development, maintenance and labor." She suspects that some other telecoms have been just as loosey-goosey with their numbers...