Clothing designers lauded the elaborate marketing and the bold bet on a single fabric.
Iridium really was a bold bet on the future, while most Internet ventures are not.
Few mutual funds make such bold bets.
A bold bet like that is not the fashion in conservative Peekskill, nor will it ever win favor with fiscal monitors.
"It's a bold bet, no doubt about it," he said.
Suddenly I said, "No." I stepped past the captain, and, in the boldest bet of my lifetime, walked straight into the line of fire.
Deluged by data, swimming in uncertainty, his immortals routinely place bold, multibillion-dollar bets with a fragment of the information they need.
It demonstrated that he had a seat at the table on these issues and he was willing to make bold bets.
He has made bold bets on emerging markets including Taiwan and Brazil.
So why are hedge funds - supposedly the sophisticated money, making bold, broad bets - rushing into lending?