He made 16 of 26 shots, scoring on soft jumpers and aggressive forays into the lane.

For the bank, the settlement lifts a legal cloud that had shadowed its otherwise prosperous performance in recent years under Mr. Ackermann's aggressive foray into trading and investment banking.

The only investors with a greater cash hoard are life insurance concerns, a group not known for aggressive forays into stocks.

But the real estate slump and an aggressive foray into foreign lending continued to generate losses and prompted criticism of the chairman's free-wheeling style.

The attack on Troy would have been one of a series of aggressive forays in those parts.

Mr. Annan's speech represented a relatively aggressive foray into Middle Eastern diplomacy for the secretary general, and it combined a number of themes he has been pressing in recent weeks.

Trottier just glares out at the ice until he can resume his creative, aggressive forays.

"Our sights are set on a very aggressive foray into the consumer market," he said during the call with analysts.

For the next few years he worked primarily with Parker, and his tentative, occasionally shaky playing evolved into a pared-down, middle-register style that created a contrast with Parker's aggressive forays.

But the sport's aggressive foray into Latin America has also provoked a range of policy violations and concerns.