Aronofsky is a veteran risk-taker whose past films have drawn a confusing mix of reactions.

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She aimed to dress an aristocratic fashion risk-taker for all those parties at castles in the English countryside.

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Mr Rajaratnam, a risk-taker in his trading, took the same approach to fighting the government's charges against him.

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Consummate risk-taker Elon Musk looks to be at the top of his game.

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As an entrepreneur, people think of me as a risk-taker, an adventurer.

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However its use was commercialised by a Texas wildcatter called George Mitchell, the sort of risk-taker America has in abundance.

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Stevens' main liability seems to be that he is an affable, quirky risk-taker in the charm-challenged world of GOP political pros.

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Third, it rewards a risk-taker who committed most of his personal fortune and waking hours to making a revolutionary venture work.

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"If a risk-taker is putting up a million dollars, no matter how long the odds are, you need to be paid to take the risk, " he said.

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Lucy was always louder, feistier, a bigger risk-taker than I was, and had been far more convinced by the liberating sixties as they limped into the next decade.

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It could be that being a risk-taker drives you to play more games, or that some external force makes you both play games AND be an unsafe driver.

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In his day job David Nahmad is a risk-taker, trading millions of dollars in currencies and commodities, as well as betting hundreds of thousands on backgammon in Monte Carlo--he holds the 1996 world title.

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Tigger is hyperactive, impulsive and a risk-taker.

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Thriving communities applaud the bold risk-taker.

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She was not a risk-taker.

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But Lars is the risk-taker.

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For decades, the gender perception of entrepreneurs is male- risk taker, ambitious, high locus of control, successful.

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But perhaps above all it fits with his post-Bin Laden projection as a hard-headed risk taker.

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