What ZestCash aims to do is really look at that question of risk propensity, using an online questionnaire and a risk manager to determine, in a Google-like data crunching way, just how risky this prospect actually is.

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Israel has little choice but to view the Iranian threat through the prism of the past 60 years in the region and take into account the record of brinkmanship by regional leaders seeking to enhance their public support, popular enthusiasm for nuclear weapons, and the strong influence of religious beliefs that sanctify risk propensity and martyrdom.

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To assess your risk-taking propensity in a specific area, add up your scores for the questions in that category.

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He said the former chief investigator in the case, Hilton Botha, had made "several errors and concessions" in his testimony at the bail hearing, and said prosecutors had failed to prove that Pistorius was a flight risk or had a propensity toward violence.

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