They were also making safer bets, in a way, than their counterparts in other states.
He bullied General Motors into making safer cars; he extracted the Freedom of Information Act from a reluctant government; he confronted the nation's polluters with the Clean Air Act; he prepared the ground for a consumer-protection agency.
The steps they proposed were not new: further weapons cuts, making safer those that remain, ratifying the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), halting production of fissile material for use in weapons and securing all nuclear materials around the globe.
The Fed said on Wednesday that inflation remained a remote concern, making safer investments like Treasuries more attractive to investors worried about swings in the economy or in the stock market.
Dr. Mark B. McClellan, the agency's commissioner, said the penalties created an incentive for the Red Cross "to improve the processes and controls necessary for making safer blood products".
"But there isn't the slightest doubt that a great deal needs to be done on prevention and on getting adults and young people everywhere fully equipped with the detailed information that is the first step toward making safer choices".
