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I thus felt it my duty to enter an urgent warning against the whole project, which I characterized as venturesome and dangerous, I recommended that counsels of moderation he given Austria, as I did not believe that the conflict could be localized (that is to say, it could not be limited to a war between Austria and Serbia).

History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895

The Phoenix Company was known as a venturesome organization, as willing to send its fleet ramping out through the fog to the assistance of a distressed liner as to transport arms to West Indian or Central

Dan Merrithew Lawrence Perry 1914

On the other hand, if he were timorously charged with loving her, it would have been like him to call the venturesome one a liar -- and mean it, too, in his heart.

The Rose in the Ring George Barr McCutcheon 1897

It turns out that the U.S. has a particularly large number of people who are willing to do something like hand over their precious data to a brand-new startup-the kind of people the economist Amar Bhidé calls "venturesome consumers."

The New Yorker James Surowiecki 2011

In fact, Mr. Romer and innumerable consumers of transistor-based products such as personal computers have played a critical, "venturesome" role in generating their windfalls.

Consumers Can Still Spot Value in a Crisis 2009

There are one or two in the know who think me "venturesome" but, after all, is not "nothing venture nothing win" an unanswerable retort?

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Ian Hamilton 1900

A few venturesome partners started dancing; others followed. . .

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Mr. Fassbender's venturesome Jung conceals, for a while, a searching mind and a passionate heart behind a professionally correct facade, while Mr. Mortensen's rigid Freud conveys calm authority that springs from profound self-regard.

'Hugo': A Dazzler, but No Victor Joe Morgenstern 2011

And unlike most writing assignments, writing for "publication" gives students the motivation to be more venturesome instead of feeling bound to specific requirements or limitations on what they can write.

Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: How to Educate, not Just Test Joel Shatzky 2011

And unlike most writing assignments, writing for "publication" gives students the motivation to be more venturesome instead of feeling bound to specific requirements or limitations on what they can write.

Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: How to Educate, not Just Test Joel Shatzky 2011