And somewhere in the reptile brain of voters, where gut rules, there are plenty of reasons to hedge one's bets.

Let's start with hedge fund, which has nothing to do with shrubs, and little to do with the kind of safety implied by, say, hedging one's bets.

The French critic Philippe Lejeune wrote recently that a diary is a way of hedging one's bets against death, a kind of insurance policy for survival.

Growing Mideast Tensions Heightened tensions in the Middle East in recent weeks have made hedging one's bets on oil prices even more imperative, and have thereby increased the appeal of options.

Another way to hedge one's bets on the dollar, said Douglas Cliggott, president of B&P Research, a subsidiary of Brummer & Partners, a Stockholm firm that owns a group of eight hedge funds, is to buy foreign bonds.

A man genetically incapable of saying anything but what he really meant, he presents a rude challenge to the attitude of professional caution that now prevails in so many precincts of the arts-the aesthetic of avoiding entanglements, of looking over one's shoulder, of perpetually hedging one's bets.

How do you hedge your bets with a country that won't go either way?

Of course, one way to hedge your bets is to buy funds that focus on oil or other energy stocks.

"If you hedge your bets, there's nothing to worry about, but the terror comes in knowing that you're going to give everything away."

Of course, there's nothing new about hedging your bets, which is the simple way to define the strategy.

I'm giving you and your colleagues a chance to hedge your bets.

You are hedging your bets, preparing for the future.

And I concluded a year ago that it is very sensible to hedge your bets by owning some.

Hedge your bets by working from this list.

Or, hedge your bets and go for soy?

"And I thought you were being reckless, hi fact, you're hedging your bets.

Well, you always want to hedge your bets when you start handing out the campaign donations.

Hedge your bets and position baits to meet as many options as is possible.

The Financial Times Take a strategic risk but hedge your bets.

If the vines can be left to grow this year, hedge your bets by starting some cane cuttings.

Being on-board doesn't cost you much and its fair to hedge your bets esp.

What's one way to hedge your bets when making your New York conducting debut?

It's known as hedging your bets, Yvette thought cynically.

He suggests that you hedge your bets by planting a cover crop on half the space and devoting the rest to vegetables.

"And you're hedging your bets, so that I pay half the cost and take half the risk?"

Just a case of hedging your bets.

"I don't hold with superstition myself but it doesn't hurt to hedge your bets.

"You can mix index and actively managed funds and hedge your bets.

"So you thought you'd hedge your bets?"