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...when you give any defenseman a clear shot from the point, that's chancy. And when that blueliner has a slapshot like Mark Fusco's, it's even riskier. But when the Engineer defense let Fusco walk in several steps from the point to let go with full force, it was a matter of split-seconds before the net bulged behind Fink, the Harvard crowd roared and everyone realized the Crimson had clinched its quarterfinal playoff series...
Shattuck had moved the booters into a riskier man-to-man defense 30 minutes into the second half. In the final three minutes, the Bruins exploited the unsupported Harvard back line, with forwards Eric Holm-Olsen and Fred Reinhardt each tallying to ice the match...
...final depths of despair," they conclude. "If you have sunk that low and there is really no other way out," twisting the rules becomes excusable. Thus they provide a few of the better suggestions and hints to guide your cheating. "Coughing codes and answer passing in class are apparently riskier techniques than the bathroom plant and the old-fashioned cribsheet. What of reworking an already-published essay as did Ms Napolitano? A "much safer" and a "beautiful way" to produce the last minute paper, say the authors...
...distinction of becoming the first landlord in Los Angeles to ask the city to declare one of its buildings unsafe because it did not meet earthquake standards. Then its attorneys argued that the company wanted to remove the Garden Court because "the longer the building stays up, the riskier it is that somebody might get hurt." Replied an unconvinced Superior Court Judge Robert I. Weil: "Well, my God, there are 500 buildings in downtown Los Angeles that are subject to the same ordinance, and nobody is making them take those buildings down. So why should this one be any different...
...large endowment funds began looking for new companies as a way of earning a higher return on their pools of cash. Big banks, corporations and other institutions now provide 83% of all the grub stakes for new firms. The venture capital firms owned by families still seek out the riskier startups, while major companies and banks frequently provide money for the second or third round of financing...