1.   On the other hand, could mere negligence, or carelessness, or innocent action, be enough to prove liability under such a rule?

2.   Eight years ago, for example, a money-laundering scandal proved a liability during his last presidential bid.

3.   Haiti itself could prove a liability.

4.   He said he was not concerned that his embrace by congressional Republicans, many of whom have already endorsed him, would prove a liability.

5.   Legal experts said that the prosecution of the company and the mechanic was unusual, and that it might be difficult for the government to prove criminal liability.

6.   Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson and other Christian activists, who proved a major asset for the Texan here, could prove a liability as the action shifts north.

7.   Such traits could prove liabilities as a senator, where persistence counts and innumerable votes, preferably informed, must be cast.

8.   The influence, combined with stakes in the companies, has proved a liability when companies run into financial trouble.

9.   While an anti-immigrant stand proved a liability for politicians in heavily-immigrant states, immigration is becoming a tempting target again.