1.   A wiry New York gentleman with a Florida tan has risked his reputation on the answers.

2.   Al said he would take it if the chef was willing to risk his reputation by leaving off the maraschino cherry.

3.   But Maurer said the loss would have been minor, too small for the bank to consider risking its reputation.

4.   But UAW hard-liners criticized the decision, saying GM should be forced to risk its reputation as a reliable supplier.

5.   Could he not see that he was likely to come under severe criticism, putting at risk his reputation in history?

6.   Forbes considered him a hero because he was an outsider businessman who risked his reputation on a presidential bid.

7.   How, Sgt. Jimmy Grider wonders, can he check out whether a new recruit wears her uniform properly without risking a reputation as an ogling and coercive jerk?

8.   Larry Forgione, the chef at An American Place restaurant in Manhattan, said that he did not want to risk his reputation on a mushroom.

9.   No firm wants to risk its reputation by linking up with a company whose bookkeeping practices could lead to scandal or the courthouse.

10.   OK, but why would a multimillion-dollar corporation like Burger King risk its reputation on a silly-looking vegetable with bug eyes and a mustache?