The simple fact is that if the governor passes on other options -- candidates, many of whom serve in Congress and have earned their right to represent New York -- then he does so at his own risk.

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But each time a CEO rewards himself for failure, or a banker puts the rest of us at risk for his own selfish gain, people's doubts grow.

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Your major concern is that the venture capitalist does not have his own money at risk, because we are entitled to 20% of the profits after the limited partners have recouped their investment.

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Wales rugby assistant coach Robin McBryde helped to launch the campaign by attending his own risk assessment at a pharmacy in Carmarthen.

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He is an adviser at the Kroll risk consulting company and has his own consulting company, he said.

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But in some cases it was the creator of the machine image who was put at risk by leaving private keys on the server or failing to completely erase his or her own data before publishing it for customers to use, Balduzzi says.

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