Sentence examples for outlandish risk from inspiring English sources

Its franchise on outlandish risk has been eroded by new competitors, but analysts say its operations were strengthened by adding corporate investors, many with insurance expertise, in 1994.

Trapped in a competitive environment that in many ways resembles the "prisoner's dilemma" beloved of game theorists, investment bankers will inevitably be driven to cut corners, take outlandish risks, and generally engage in behavior that, although privately rational, is socially pernicious.

Whereas when you think of finance, there's a premium on the more outlandish or risk-taking personality.

Facebook is so huge (500 million large versus Foursquare's 2.8 million) that its check-in service has to be simple and minimal to accommodate such a huge and diverse group— anything too quirky or outlandish runs the risk of alienating factions.

He takes no outlandish stands or unnecessary risks.

Several comic novels — "The Big Question" by Chuck Barris, "The King of Pain" by Seth Kaufman — have tried to tackle reality television by envisioning some future show that is appallingly outlandish, an approach that risks being quickly dated because, in real life, today's unimaginably awful premise is tomorrow's Top 10 series.

By contrast, the Romney-Ryan version of shrinking Big Government is to increase our already outlandish warfare-state budget and risk even more spending by saber-rattling at a benighted but irrelevant Iran.

Upcoming episodes will have to be outlandish, imaginative and pacier, or risk paling in comparison with the show's first run, which saw a series of madcap moments, from Ken's accidental drug binge, a stag do that revolved around a plot to frame the groom for adultery and a granny reincarnated as a cat (or so Cuckoo believed).

Nor did the risks seem so outlandish.

Both genetic engineering and synthetic biology are often discussed in terms of the fantastic rather than the feasible, which has made it difficult — particularly for the public — to distinguish between plausible risks and those which are outlandish.

Both genetic engineering and synthetic biology are often discussed in terms of the fantastic rather than the feasible, which has made it difficult particularly for the public to distinguish between plausible risks and those which are outlandish.