An occasional heroic sprint may be required to get us out of a danger spot and avoid a whirlpool or an undertow.

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Drivers will be judged according to how quickly they spot the danger and click their computer mouse.

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There is much debate within Bertelsmann about who is to blame for its failure to spot the danger sooner.

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But its failure to spot the danger signs at Siwei is a fumble for a U.S. industrial icon and raises doubts about the way it does business abroad.

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Despite the firm's swashbuckling reputation, its senior people have a conservative streak, which explains Goldman's decision to pull back from mortgages in 2006 (though even its risk managers failed to spot the danger of being so heavily exposed to AIG).

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Now, says Keane, they are in danger of losing that lofty spot.

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The worst-placed of the nine group runners-up will miss out on the South Africa 2010 shoot-out in November and Scotland and their rivals for the runners-up spot in Group Nine are in danger of doing just that.

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There is a hint of danger in the air when police eject an entire family from their home after they think they spot the suspect hiding inside.

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Meanwhile, French champions Bordeaux secured top spot in Group A as they beat Juventus 2-0, a result which leaves the Italians in danger of crashing out of the competition.

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