But success in the courtroom is a tricky thing, and Kleiner's victory contains perils that his company will still have to overcome, such as its image as a boys' club.
The perils of forecasting the Chinese agricultural market came to the fore earlier this month when the US Department of Agriculture slashed its predictions for Chinese corn imports.
He himself slept peacefully and snored aloud, yet my heart was sore for him, wicked as he was, to think on the dark perils that environed and the shameful gibbet that awaited him.
I felt willing rather to starve at sea than to confront such perils.
I know not how, but martial men are given to love: I think, it is but as they are given to wine; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.
Our journey was long and tedious, but I bore it patiently, reflecting that at least I had not to fear tempests, nor pirates, nor serpents, nor any of the other perils from which I had suffered before, and at length we reached Bagdad.
It must be a marvel to you how, after having five times met with shipwreck and unheard of perils, I could again tempt fortune and risk fresh trouble.
After a very short time the pleasant easy life I led made me quite forget the perils of my two voyages.
I can remain at home in safety while he is exposed to all the perils of war.
