For a company to be able to write off virtually all risk would present a lopsided situation, he said.
Rick Remington, a spokesman for Amtrak, said the federally subsidized railroad recognized the lopsided situation and planned to do something about it.
"There was a lopsided situation, between really risky positions and relatively weaker risk managers," said a former trader with the chief investment office, the JPMorgan unit that suffered the recent loss.
But that doesn't mean that there can be an unfair situation for society and what's being created now is a really unfair, lopsided situation, where, bluntly, you will probably be able to afford to live in a better area than the average person, at least, if you are on housing benefit than if you are working".
Such a lopsided situation is an indication of an environment out of whack and perhaps life.
It's lopsided, and a totally unnatural situation in which it is tempting for New York to insist they should get more.
"The open-seat situation is so lopsided as to deny Republicans any chance of taking back the House in 2008," said David Wasserman, who analyzes House races for The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan publication.
Manuel has made it clear that Perez will be used in only mop-up situations, with the Mets on the wrong end of a lopsided score.
For Mr. Elam's last request the dancers found themselves "in a closing situation in the center of the floor," forming a lopsided pyramid with Ms. Karol perched on top.
In fact, what is becoming clear is that the Citizens United decision has fostered a situation in which a sheltered, elite minority is doing a drastically lopsided majority of the "speaking" in our elections.
