But, the showdown between Republican cutters and Democrat defenders of Medicare may a lot more treacherous a path than I anticipated.
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In severe cases of hypothermia, rewarming is a treacherous process that poses a substantial risk of cardiac arrest if mismanaged.
The carrousel structure remains, tinged with the risks of a more treacherous age: A meets B, B meets C, and so on.
But this also is a treacherous time to make a big bet on the retail industry, which is battling headwinds from a weak economy, competition from online shopping and overbuilding during the boom years.
Many Sussex and Kent roads remain treacherous with a section of the M20 in Kent blocked and part of the A2 Dover Road closed.
As we near the so-called fiscal cliff, I am reminded that the precipice can be a treacherous place for those of us who place a value on the unmistakable economic benefits of private aviation.
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Svindal, the downhill winner, saw his chances go when he straddled a gate in the mid-section of a treacherous course, while Kostelic was disappointed he could not capitalize on a storming earlier run in the downhill.
Standing at 4, 465m (14, 649ft) and covered in a treacherous carpet of snow and ice, Mont Maudit near Chamonix, is a challenge for the most intrepid climbers.
Most of the banks are talking about a rough fourth quarter and a treacherous 2008.
Bottom feeding in thinly capitalized banks is a treacherous pursuit for investors seeking greater upside potential.
Northamptonshire Police said the freeze had left roads in the county in a treacherous condition.
It is also a treacherous landscape for the modern architect, where anything new must blend in seamlessly with the old.
The unfolding fight is the latest sign that the controversial secondary market in life policies remains a treacherous place for investors.
The Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red and Arabian seas, has become a treacherous stretch for ships, particularly along the Somali coast.
As a result, dumping nearly 50 million Medicare recipients onto a non-existent private insurance market would be both treacherous for seniors and a political non-starter.
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And although dealing with the media can be a treacherous business, as the fake sheikh saga shows, PR seems very often to have its desired result.
That is what makes this book so valuable: it provides a reliable guide to a treacherous subject, giving its readers the mental ammunition to make sense of official claims.
Budgeters, anxious to cut short-term costs, reportedly gave up on finding the funds to buy additional C-17s, deciding instead on a treacherous path of cut corners, hedged risks and greater future costs.
Treacherous driving conditions on a stretch of the A57 between Anston and Worksop meant many drivers were stranded in their vehicles.
Perkins, where a team of amateur sailors applied some key lessons in teamwork while surviving and winning a recent treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race.
Stand-off Jones converted superbly with his right foot in the treacherous conditions and added a penalty to the 47th-minute try six minutes later with an equally well-struck penalty to level the scores at 13-13.
But while the winter months are dark, treacherous and shrouded in a white uniform of snow, summer brings with it the chance to see this part of the world in all its green grassy goodness.
This is a very treacherous market.
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He was a victim not of treacherous tribesmen but of an elephant he was riding, which reared and brained him on a stone archway he was passing through.
Equipped with a turntable mechanism at its bow, the floating production platform can swivel a full 360 degrees in treacherous winds while pumping more than 100, 000 barrels of oil a day.
They can be slippery in the rain - treacherous if you are on a scooter.
Kinsella also needed help navigating a culture potentially treacherous to foreigners.
On many mountains a chute this treacherous wouldn't get skied.
Master mystery maestro McBain spins a tale of treacherous mayhem as malignant men and women scheme to steal and then fence the alleged cup from which Socrates drank the executioner's hemlock.
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