SBC's bid for Ameritech, making it clear that, unless the company makes fairly dramatic market-opening concessions, it has a poor chance of winning approval.
As Sunderland clung on, keeper Craig Gordon did well to block a Giggs shot with his legs and later, Anderson fired wide before the Brazilian also wasted a chance when a poor touch robbed him off a shooting chance.
Jones ended a series of impressive runs with poor finishes and Murphy had a half chance when he ran on to Saunders' clearance, but Mitchell blocked the striker's shot from a tight angle.
But we should be striving to increase the opportunities to the poor in this regard, not embracing the fact that the rich have a better chance of survival than the poor.
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Barr appeared to be determined to hand his Scotland colleague a goal, a poor defensive header this time giving Fletcher the chance to send a 12-yard volley from 12 yards was superbly blocked by Olejnik.
It is a bold and welcome admission that has freed them up to write an honest and readable account about the poor that stands a chance of actually yielding results.
The England striker appeared to have wasted the chance with a poor first touch but, with Sylvain Distin and James diving at his feet, he lifted the ball brilliantly into the back of the net.
With the clock ticking down, Bordeaux had their best two chances - but a combination of poor finishing and superb goalkeeping cost them their chance of a last-four berth.
Maicon's cross deceived John Terry, but Eto'o appeared surprised at getting the chance and directed a poor header down and well over the bar.
For poor countries land deals offer a chance to reverse decades of underinvestment in agriculture.
Ultimately, it's a cost-effective investment in a future when poor kids have the same chance at success as the obsessed-over Grovers of the world.
The point is that if you change the supervision of behavior and the penalties associated with poor behavior, then you stand a better chance to change the offending behavior.
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Poor students of whatever race stand a much lower chance of getting into selective schools, as I wrote in May.
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Hayden Mullins soon had a chance to double the lead after a poor clearance by goalkeeper Taylor, but Alex Bruce took the ball off his toes as he lined up the shot.
Dr Hussey, who was previously director of public health for the north-west of England, said more could be done to "shift the pattern of poor health" and give people a "fair chance of a long and healthy life".
Lafferty wasted an excellent chance four minutes later, pouncing on a poor pass and sprinting clear but his underhit shot was blocked by the advancing Samir Handanovic.
Captain Craig Bellamy wasted a chance from the spot a minute later with a poor effort saved.
"If the IRS finds poor recordkeeping by a taxpayer, there's a good chance he'll be audited again in the near future, " says Merrick, N.
In a poor first half, Kilmarnock's Simon Ford missed the best chance when he headed wide from close range.
Murray was hitting the ball cleanly and confidently, and when Federer wasted a chance to get the break back in game three with a poor forehand drop shot, the unusually frustrated reaction from the Swiss said it all.
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Mr Pfeffer points out that CEOs who presided over three years of poor earnings and led their firms into bankruptcy only faced a 50% chance of losing their jobs (and perfectly successful senior managers are routinely cleaned out when new CEOs take over).
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Ashley Smith's fine break almost resulted in a second try for the Welsh region but his final pass was poor and the chance was lost.
Middle Eastern investors have been offered the chance to buy anyone from Newcastle United, who are enduring a poor season in the Premiership, to Charlton Athletic, struggling in the second tier of English football.
The Scots improved after a poor first half and Brown headed home a Steven Fletcher cross after McFadden had blazed a great chance high and wide.
This incident may show that deep-water drilling is too risky, but it might instead be just a perfect storm of ineffective regulation, poor decision-making, and bad luck, with minimal chance of recurrence.
With little education and, often, poor English skills, they were stuck in limbo, a world of minimum wage jobs with no chance of security or bettering their lives.
If you hire someone who will be great in 18 months, but will be poor for the next 18 months, the company will reject her before she ever gets a chance to show her stuff.
On the one hand, this should also give them a better chance of using a mineral resources boom to raise living standards in a country that remains desperately poor.
Perhaps the poor economy continues to draw the idle and unemployed, with pawning and trash picking offering viewers a vicarious chance at quick cash, while armchair adventurers get their fix with programs devoted to monsters, aliens and conspiracies.
So not only is it the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do for us to grow, to make sure that middle-class families are strong and people who are poor and willing to work hard to get into the middle class, that they've got a chance. (Applause.) That's our vision.
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