Then, instead of looking at the fundamentals of the securities themselves, they simply assumed that they could rely on the credit ratings the ratings agencies bestowed, even though those agencies' conflicts of interest were well-known.
I assumed it would go to a good home from someone who was able to enjoy the game.
Darling, who had asked Osborne after he assumed the leadership of Better Together in 2012 for Treasury back-up, had his ammunition as he joined forces with Dunlop to embark on a final round of discussions ahead of the chancellor's announcement in a speech in Edinburgh on 13 February.
"It was far better to stop the momentum because it was assumed that if you had a referendum, which was legal, fair and decisive, that it would be decisive and that once you had that, that would be the end of it".
"He sort of had hero written all over his forehead, so I assumed he would be a central heroic character for all of it or most of it, so I didn't expect the grisly end so early".
Campbell briefly succeeded Kennedy before Clegg assumed the leadership in 2007.
Then, Labor seemed to have it all: it was widely assumed Rudd would win at least two terms and his deputy would naturally step into Australia's top job, in time and in an orderly way.
Academics in Norway published a study last October arguing that EVs can be more polluting than is widely assumed.
No one has really established its public/private boundaries: if you tweet during work hours, should it be assumed your company endorses everything you've said?
During the 1985 Communist party congress, Jaruzelski stepped down as prime minister and assumed the state presidency.
Anyone looking at my account activity over the past 10-15 years could see there were no unusual transactions or patterns – but I at least assumed I would be told when it would take place".
