- Afriend-orasweetheart-maybeatoddswithyouonnobody'sfavoriteday,September17.Theidealoffamilysystemisboundtobeatoddswiththeidealofprivateindividualism.Ifbluelightdoeshaveadversehealtheffects,thenenvironmentalconcerns,andthequestforenergy-efficientlight...
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- Theoddsarefivetooneonthathorse.Howcanyouimproveyouroddsofsuccess?Itmakesnooddsbecausethegradient'sstillthesame.Thehorsewasrunningatoddsoftentoone.Thesearenotgoododds.AndI'mthesolebreadwinner.Forexample,itmakestheoddsofyourownconsciousnessexistingth...
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- ComputermodellingbytheMetOffice,though,givesodds-onchancesofthelullbeingbroken.SolongasthePresidentofArgentinadoesn'tinvadetheFalklands,theymustbeodds-ontolosethenextelection-providedLabourgetsthisright.Ifthisworkhasn'thappened,extensivelyandatleve...
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- Yanbeattheoddsjustbyattractingforeigninterest.Hethusslightlybeattheodds.BecausehisinjuryhappenedaftertheAll-StarGame,whichwaslastTuesday.ButonceagainIbeattheoddsandsurvivedthethreeandahalfhoursofsurgery.OnMolokairesidentsarehopingthatKP2canbeattheodd...
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- Thehorsewasrunningatoddsoftentoone.You'realwaysatoddswithyourenvironment,andIthinkthat'sthespuryouwant.Hamas'sexiledchief,KhaledMeshal,isfrequentlyatoddswithleadersinGaza.HisstatementwasstarklyatoddswithIsrael'sofficialpolicyofnuclearambiguity--a...
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- Decentoddsonthehomefavourites.WilliamHill,aBritishbookmaker,isofferingoddsontheelectioninfouryears'time.Sincethenscholarshavebeenatoddsonhowtointerpretit.ThereareotherwaysinwhichtheArabsandIsraelisareatoddsonIranpolicy.WorldnumberoneRogerFederer'sd...
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- Ofcoursemanyteenagemums,againsttheodds,areimmenselysuccessfulparents.PrematurebabythattheHighCourtruledshouldbelefttodiebyhospitaldoctorshassurvivedagainsttheodds.Shewonthatfightagainsttheodds.Butlastyearshelostanattemptwinaseatinparliament,inblatant...
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- SotheoddsarethatItalyisheadingforafreshelectionundertheexistingsystem.Lookaroundmostboardroomtablesandtheoddsarethateveryonethereismale.So,he'sjugglingthreeballsandtheoddsarethatitlookslikeonemightbedropped.Youdecide,andtheoddsarethatduringyourstay,...
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- Thebookisaboutthecreativeindividualsandteamsthatsomehowdefytheoddsagainandagainandmaketheirideashappen.Butthejudgesappeartobebettingthathecandefytheoddsandresolvethemallinthenextfewyears....
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- HefoughtagainstalloddsandalliedhimselfwiththeHabsburgdynastypolitics.Afterall,wasn'titthefearlessnessofAmerica'sgreatpioneers-theirwillingnesstostumbleduringtheirquest-thatledthemtosucceedagainstallodds?Twomusicianswhoretiredfromtheirmusicalcareers...
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- holdsoddsandends(assewingmaterials).Shepiecedtogetheroddsandendsofcloth.Isaidwe'djusteatuptheoddsandends.He'sbeendoingoddsandendsallday.Motherpiecedtogetheroddsandendsofclothandmadeatablecloth.Shepiecedtogetheroddsandendsofclothandmadesomeclothesfo...
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- Thefirmpaysovertheoddsforworkinginunpopularareas.Weofferedovertheoddsforthehousetomakesurewegotit.Now,hewillencouragethose19delegatespledgedtohimtovoteforMrObama,furtherlengtheningthealreadynear-impossibleoddsforMrsClinton.So,thequestionis:Willyouact...
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- Hewasatoddswiththeboss.Evenherpublicimageisatoddswiththemainstream.Taxprogressivityisoftenatoddswithefficiency.He'salwaysatoddswithhisfatheroverpolitics.Equalityandthedanceofthesaviororguruareatoddswithoneanother.Adramaticorfictionalcharacterwhoisty...
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- avictoryagainstoverwhelmingoddsWewereonthesideoftheangels,andwetriumphedagainstoverwhelmingodds.Thepicturetheypaintisofstoicdefianceinthefaceofoverwhelmingodds.Onceinagenerationanathletepitshimselfagainstsuchoverwhelmingoddsthateventhemostjadedspecta...
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- ask(=beg)nooddsofthemHowcanyouimproveyouroddsofsuccess?Buttheoddsofmoretradedealsareslim.Theoddsofthemmakingthiscrossingareobviouslyverylow,butaftermillionsandmillionsofyearstheoddsofsomeanimalsmakingitgoupconsiderably.Forexample,itmakestheoddsofyour...
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