Dicier

While Bamiyan and the Wakhan are relatively peaceful areas, work in Nuristan, one of the country's last areas of extensive conifer forests along the Pakistani border, has been "dicier," he says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Luckily, Tuesday's second show was a clear step up, with a longer, more topical monologue, a witty anti-Twitter desk chatter bit, and a more pointed taped piece: NBC forcing Conan to shop on the dicier Rodeo Road instead of flashy Rodeo Drive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've heard it can get dicier in the southern areas, in part because the public land near the trail narrows making it easy to wander "off the res," but I've not confirmed that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Things got even dicier a few weeks later when the Lynx helicopter William was aboard opened fire on smugglers some 110 miles off the coast of Colombia. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

The other stuff Stuart dug up was a little dicier. ❋ J.A. Jance (2011)

But with the housing market still weak, the uncertainty is making the prospect of buying — or selling — a home that much dicier. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dicier challenge was getting skeptical customers of the original AdWords to leave a system they were happy with to try this complicated new one. ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

"Things will get a little dicier now for sure," Jack Scoville , a vice president at Price Futures Group in Chicago, when asked about the Colombian truckers strike. ❋ Dan Molinski (2011)

Updating jetliner models is dicier than rolling out a new car model or a fancier cellphone because planes are used for decades. ❋ Daniel Michaels (2011)

"The dicier the markets get, the stronger our story becomes," says Chris Blunt , an executive vice president at New York Life. ❋ Russell Pearlman (2011)

As it is, then, assuming the Rangers maintain their lead in the Eastern Conference, their advancing to the playoffs' second round is no sure thing—and would seem even a bit dicier this year. ❋ Mike Sielski (2012)

All right, so this is a little dicier than the conventional wisdom suggests. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But on the whole, we're going towards dicier and dicier places. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The tradeoff: Bond funds are dicier than cash, since the value of the underlying securities declines as interest rates rise. ❋ Jane J. Kim (2010)