Our elected leaders in Washington made a calculated gamble about the economy.

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Indeed, prosecutors made a calculated gamble by dropping the lesser charge of assisted suicide, which would have allowed testimony about the victim's pain and suffering.

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England took a calculated gamble by recalling Pietersen, who has been troubled by an Achilles tendon problem, and he admitted afterwards that he was only "about 70% fit".

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It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that this calculated, potentially refreshing gamble has not paid off.

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