While accepting that under Glass-Steagall financial firms could still have “ made, sold, and securitized risky mortgages, all the while fueling a massive housing bubble and building a highly leveraged, Ponzi-like pyramid of derivatives on top ,” the New Rules Project concludes that commentators who deny the GLBA played a role in the financial crisis “ fail to recognize the significance of 1999 as the pivotal policy-making moment leading up to the crash .” The Project argues 1999 was Congress ’ s opportunity to reject 25 years of “ deregulation ” and “ confront the changing financial system by reaffirming the importance of effective structural safeguards, such as the Glass-Steagall Act's firewall and market share caps to limit the size of banks ; bringing shadow banks into the regulatory framework ; and developing new rules to control the dangers inherent in derivatives and other engineered financial products .”

Wars and civil unrest, e. g. in the Congo basin, play a role in making effective conservation measures risky or even impossible.

The triumvirate favoured productions described by Elder as " groundbreaking, risky, probing and theatrically effective " and by the director Nicholas Hytner as " Euro-bollocks that never has to be comprehensible to anybody but the people sitting out there conceiving.

( 2007 ), Consumer antibacterial soaps: effective or just risky?

A screen pass can be effective, but can also be risky in that it is rather easy for a defensive player, even a lineman, to intercept the pass if a defender gets between the quarterback and the intended receiver.

It can be considered a risky but very effective maneuver as a misplaced strike can cause greater injury to the person delivering the headbutt than to the person receiving it.

A risky, but effective way to force basal shoots is to let the plant dry out until the leaves wilt, then water the plant.

" Kramnik, in a better position in the early middlegame, tried a piece sacrifice to achieve a strong tactical attack, a strategy known to be highly risky against computers who are at their strongest defending against such attacks.

In a risky ' chequerboard ' strategy, Lugard's forces occupied territories claimed by the French to counterbalance the establishment of French garrisons in British territory.

This risky political strategy proved initially successful, consolidating internal support for the regime and greatly strengthening Germany's strategic position.

Kramnik, in a better position in the early middlegame, sacrificed a piece to launch an attack — a strategy known to be highly risky against computers, which are at their strongest when defending such attacks.

* It is less risky than a mass distribution strategy.

Lindbergh pursued a risky strategy for the competition, depending on a single engined plane, instead of the tri-motors most other groups favored.

The first-mover advantage that certain console manufacturers experience can be a great boost, on the other hand is it a somewhat risky strategy.

Speculating on interest rates, or on any investment, is a risky strategy.

He opted for an assault against a numerically superior opponent and chose a risky strategy.

The rewards are by no means certain: In a competitive industry, this can be a risky strategy because consumers may decide to buy from competitors.

Although he was being pursued at a leisurely pace by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, outnumbering him more than two to one, Lee chose the risky strategy of dividing his army and sent one portion to converge and attack Harpers Ferry from three directions.

Although he was being pursued at a leisurely pace by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and the Union Army of the Potomac, outnumbering him more than two to one, Lee chose the risky strategy of dividing his army to seize the prize of Harpers Ferry.

According to historian Owen Davies, this was an " alternative, less risky strategy " than divination or astrology because it allowed the client to confirm " their own suspicions without cunning-folk having to name someone explicitly.

Though this strategy for goalies can be risky, it can usually work, considering that usually the player's head is down looking at the puck, so the goalie can surprise the player.

Therefore, the costly and risky strategy of surrendering control to the director ended, and with that, the New Hollywood era.

Even though blood sucking is a risky strategy that entails more casualties, the risk is outweighed on average by the increase in the number and size of yolk-rich eggs that such protein-rich food permits.

Advocates of this system believe that it would be unfair — or a poor business strategy — to raise interest rates globally to accommodate risky borrowers, thus penalizing low-risk borrowers who are unlikely to default.

Fast also received a further blow when a major customer Schibsted said they had made a too risky decision in choosing to implement their own web search engine and were changing their strategy going forward.

The second strategy is more risky, but can also be immensely profitable.

In the model, management might deliberately incur debts in order to wed its interests to those of the shareholders and pursue with their support a risky low-margin, high-output strategy that in turn may gain market share.

Usually the strategy will be designed around the investor's risk-return tradeoff: some investors will prefer to maximize expected returns by investing in risky assets, others will prefer to minimize risk, but most will select a strategy somewhere in between.

All organizations, whether public, private, or non-profit ( including governmental ) should, as a best practice, adopt a robust whistleblower system to induce its employees to internally report illegal or excessively risky activity directly to its board of directors or trustees.

However, the reason why Napoleon could use such a risky plan was because Davout-the commander of III Corps-was one of Napoleon's best Marshals ; because the right flank's position was protected by a complicated system of streams and lakes ; and because the French had already settled upon a secondary line of retreat through Brunn.

The Royal Navy's forces from Alexandria retained control of the waters around Crete, so any amphibious assault would be quickly decided by the nature of an air-versus-ship battle, making it a risky proposition at best.

Due to at least five other musicians of the 18th century bearing the surname Stamitz, including four from Johann ’ s immediate family, any attempt to catalog Stamitz ’ s works is risky at best, principally in view of the many variations in spelling.

Though those British politicians and civil servants who met with Goerdeler were impressed with his candor and earnestness, it was judged too risky by the Chamberlain government in 1938 to stake all upon the Goerdeler's projected putsch, especially given that the chances for success were uncertain at best, and the discovery of British backing for an unsuccessful putsch was likely to cause the war the Chamberlain government was seeking to avert in 1938.

Today Jayan is best remembered as the first and best action star of Malayalam cinema, so far, besides his trademark colourful attire, risky stunts, machismo mannerisms and unique speaking style.

Among the definitions are " interesting, but perhaps not the best move ", " move deserving attention ", " enterprising move " and " risky move ".

For his part, Dragojević boldly announced it as " the best film of my career ", and soon expanded on the statement: " Saying that was the result of my satisfaction with the fact I succeeded in controlling a very risky thing-to continuously balance between the concepts of ' high comedy ' and ' high drama ' and to purposely impact the viewer's limbic system, thus manipulating and drawing emotions I deem necessary for every segment of the movie all of which results in the emotional and cognitive reaction I planned ".

PYD suggests that helping young people achieve their full potential is the best way to prevent them from engaging in risky behaviors.

Both support Pierre Vilar, who contends that in 13th and 14th centuries " the Catalan principality was perhaps the European country to which it would be the least inexact or risky to use such seemingly anachronistic terms as political and economic imperialism or ‘ nation-state ’" ( McRoberts 13 ).

This was considered risky at the time but has become perhaps his most enduring album.

Some of these soldier emperors were members of the equestrian class who had worked their way up to a sufficient position of influence within their legion that the soldiers would support a bid for the purple, although this was a risky undertaking because the soldiers could withdraw their support at any time and perhaps shift it to another military leader who looked more promising at the time.

However, because it relies on lack of concentration or discipline by the batsman, it can be risky against patient and skilled players, especially batsmen who are strong on the leg side.

The OKW believed it too risky to allow German Corps and Army Groups to be operated and commanded independently by one field commander.

The outcomes of more complex or risky actions are determined by rolling dice.

Treasury Notes are generally considered to be inherently less risky than real estate, since the value of the Note is guaranteed by the US Government and there is a liquid market for the purchase and sale of T-Notes.

Although seizing Viipuri offered major advantages, the lack of combat skills of his army and potential for a major counterattack by the enemy in the area or in the south-west made it too risky.

While the wasted vote effect is strongest when a party wins by narrow margins across multiple districts, gerrymandering narrow margins can be risky when voters are less predictable.

A government-granted monopoly or legal monopoly, by contrast, is sanctioned by the state, often to provide an incentive to invest in a risky venture or enrich a domestic interest group.

Eating mushrooms gathered in the wild is risky and should not be undertaken by individuals not knowledgeable in mushroom identification, unless the individuals limit themselves to a relatively small number of good edible species that are visually distinctive.

Occasionally pitched battles were fought between armies but these were considered highly risky endeavours and were usually avoided by prudent commanders.

Furthermore, it was risky for an emperor to delegate power in his absence to a subordinate general, who might win a victory and then be proclaimed as a rival emperor himself by his troops ( which often happened ).

Despite rising investments, foreign investors still regard Vietnam as a risky destination, as confirmed by recent survey by the Japan External Trade Organization of Japanese companies operating in Vietnam.

If, for example, developers are rewarded by the number of bugs they fix, they will naturally fix the easiest bugs first — leaving the hardest, and probably most risky or critical, to the last possible moment.

The Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System ( LAPES ) is a somewhat risky maneuver which allows accurate delivery onto a field when landing is not possible, and the practice was stopped after a fatal crash was caused by one such failed operation.

However, a review of 13 U. S. sex-abstinence programs involving over 15, 000 people by Oxford University found that they do not stop risky sexual behavior, or help in the prevention of unwanted pregnancy.

Maximilian I ( 22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519 ), the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans ( also known as King of the Germans ) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky.

By the turn of the 21st century, the climate of scholarly opinion shifted somewhat on this belief: some contemporary researchers argue that publishing plays was a risky and marginal business — though this conclusion has been disputed by others.

Through Hipper's plans were rejected as far too risky, not least because of the problems posed by transferring coal from ship to ship on the open sea, it was a major influence on Raeder's later thinking.

At that point, Admiral Lütjens advised cancelling the operation as having one battleship with only one heavy cruiser in support operating alone in the Atlantic was too risky, but was overruled by Raeder who insisted on going ahead.

This is considered healthy by some and risky by others due to the potential for tuberculosis from infected cows passing into the milk.

A common means by which a bottom or submissive can signal to a top or dominant partner that their limits are being approached, pushed, or even crossed is the use of safewords ; Extreme forms of submission or the practice of edgeplay can remove the safeword option from the bottom or submissive, although, this somewhat risky situation is entered into with the consent of the bottom or submissive.

During the Tang Dynasty in China, when esoteric Buddhist practices reached their peak, Japan was actively importing Buddhism, its texts and teachings, by sending monks on risky missions across the sea to stay in China for two years or more.

Sir George established the business as a separate company from the Bristol Tramway Company because he considered that such a venture would be seen as too risky by many shareholders, and the new company's working capital of £ 25, 000 was subscribed entirely by Sir George, his brother, and his son.