And even if Mr Stoltenberg battles on, the odds against his re-election next year have risen.
The odds against the punter beating the old enemy have never been more attractive.
Given this vast amount of intimidation and government manipulation, the opposition did miraculously well considering the odds against them.
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Despite the odds against her, Clinton continues to pick up support even as Obama grows his lead among superdelegates.
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Nature heavily skews the odds against an animal becoming a fossil most simply decompose.
As a result, the odds against security professionals are rising in proportion to the amazing opportunity we have before us.
Authorities made the heartbreaking decision to stop the search for Bush after the odds against his survival became abundantly clear.
It explains why, despite the odds against them, the players feel confident not just about the future, but the present.
She added that the odds against the DNA coming from anyone but Zoe were more than a billion to one.
The odds against the DNA in the red, plastic sombrero lid coming from anyone but Bayne were 9.6 million to one.
Being a foreign vendor tends to further stack the odds against I-flex.
The odds against Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ever leading her country were huge.
The odds against a widespread voluntary exchange have also worsened because hedge funds have bought Greek debt from European banks in recent months.
The odds against this coincidence were like one in a billion.
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They knew the odds against keeping a limited-government republic were long.
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Mr Achleitner's appointment has shortened the odds against a full merger between Dresdner and Deutsche, to which he also has close ties and which would offer the greatest potential for cost-cutting.
But despite the odds against his opponent, Mr Chavez might do well to remember that presidents born in the state of Tachira have governed Venezuela for 62 of the past 100 years.
The odds against such a thing are staggering.
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The idea of striking out on your own, accepting a significant amount of risk, betting on yourself to succeed like Bill Gates despite the odds against you, is not a decision to be taken lightly.
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It does, however, make the odds against his successful defense of American interests a bit less like those faced by Horatius at the bridge, if not yet the "sure thing" the merits of the case ought to dictate.
Of course, we cannot be sure whether the 53% of deals which destroyed value were among organisations which would have lost value against competition if they had not merged but one of the sure-fire ways to stack the odds against yourself is to look at your target or partner from a business point of view only.
Besides the evolutionary odds against such a drastic change happening, a big alteration in the shape of its active site might well render an enzyme and thus the virus ineffective.
"In the 1970s, the odds were against them, " says Bakul Dholakia, director of Asia's premier business school, the Indian Institute of Management, in Ahmedabad.
If you are against the mandate, the odds are stacked against you in that particular forum given their recent history on rulings involving the Commerce Clause.
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They never indulged in self-pity, no matter how stacked the odds were against them.
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He led his soldiers to defeat the enemy against the odds on four occasions.
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