1.   Budget maximization is a very risky strategy to adopt if there are going to be budget cuts.

2.   American and Delta could also lobby the Justice Department to oppose the United-US Airways deal but that is a risky strategy if they should fail.

3.   Bond testified that he had made his trading profits using a risky strategy that would not have been appropriate for his clients.

4.   Administration officials concede that they have embarked on a risky strategy.

5.   But Applied Magnetics is adopting a risky strategy in the technology sector with its hostile bid, said one mergers-and-acquisitions specialist.

6.   But depending on ticket sales is a risky strategy when the council is bidding for events several years down the road.

7.   But it is a risky strategy, because each disclosure underlines the scope of the corruption that permeates Chinese politics.

8.   But it can be a risky strategy when most free agents have more than one suitor and some franchises will meet money or year demands.

9.   But several senior administration officials have conceded in recent days that it is a risky strategy.