Word: riskier
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...wasn't our prettiest game", freshman midfielder Katie Westfall said. "The rain was definitely a factor, with the ball bouncing a lot riskier...
...Clinton-Gore promised in 1992) on education, defense, health care and a prescription-drug plan. And for all Gore's talk about risky schemes that squander the deficit, it's worth remembering that spending the surplus on a big tax cut and somewhat smaller spending plans isn't inherently "riskier" than spending it on big spending plans and a smaller tax cut. Both men blow through the money. The challenge is to identify the priorities embodied in each plan and decide which to embrace...
Making matters worse, a lot of companies borrow funds to buy back shares, limiting their ability to invest in other opportunities and, increasingly, leveraging up to the point where their debt becomes riskier to the institutions that buy it. More risk requires more reward. So borrowing costs rise. This year Moody's has lowered the debt rating of 29 companies at least partly because of costly new buyback programs. All last year, there were just eight buyback-related downgrades...
...jobs might be more exciting than interning for a senator or researching a thesis--but they can also be riskier...
...faced unknown dangers if I left, I faced known dangers if I stayed," Grove said of the experience. "When I realized that it was riskier to stay because of the downside, I started on my journey...