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...High-risk groups--small children, the elderly, pregnant women and the immunocompromised--require special precautions. Ask your doctor, and your veterinarian...
...Handing over power to even a modified version of the IGC is a high-risk strategy, unless it has Sistani's blessing. The caucus plan was adopted precisely because of the IGC's lack of legitimacy, and its internal paralysis that resulted partly from the clash of competing political-ethnic interests. Expanding the IGC could exacerbate such tensions, as each of the ethnic communities currently represented on the Council is already demanding a greater voice...
...opportunity to squeeze ever higher returns out of their investment. "It is not about maximizing profit," says Joe Wender, an advisory director with Goldman Sachs in New York City who recently moved to Napa and sits on Keller's council. "Moving to New York is one of the most high-risk things he could do. It is Thomas saying, 'I want to create something great and unique in the New York market...
...Before sending Samurai to dubbing houses, Warner Bros. rendered the copies less piratable by going through every scene and editing out characters not relevant to the particular dubbing job--an exercise that took about three days per cassette. The studio did send out "screener" copies to Oscar voters--a high-risk move--but far fewer than normal...
...canceled international flights has abated since the chaotic holiday weeks. But tension between U.S. and European security officials over how to keep these flights safe has not. After a meeting in Europe last week, the U.S. failed to get European airlines to agree to put armed air marshals on high-risk flights. Some said they would rather ground the flights than see guns in the air. Foreign cargo airlines are also chafing under a new U.S. requirement that they provide information 24 hours before departure about anyone on the plane, including couriers, animal handlers and others who often accompany cargo...