The days of surviving or even prospering based on hard work, graft, defending well and taking advantage of set plays are gone.
Banks and other credit card issuers found it to be entirely and lucratively to their advantage to set up a table and some koozies on a college campus.
Analysts are mostly convinced, Netflix holds an early market advantage that may set it up for brand-name recognition for at least the next decade.
And there are quieter attempts to blunt the act's provisions or redirect them to the advantage of one set of financial institutions or another.
He was broken again in the fourth game of the second set and soon had to watch Djokovic dish up a pair of aces to open up a two-set advantage.
The 29-year-old said the early advantage in the first set helped set the tone of the encounter.
But he battled back to hold serve and then broke Chardy's serve in the next game to take an early advantage in the opening set.
Djokovic returned the compliment in the third set to lead two sets to one, but he could not force home the advantage and he lost a fourth set tiebreak 8-6 as Isner set up a decider.
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During moments of great emergency, even the worst partisans in our past were able to set aside political advantage for the good of the country.
Zajac took advantage of Panthers turnovers to set up both goals.
The current contracts expire after the 2013 season, and the sport is set to take advantage of what has become a fervent market for the rights to the highest profile sports, including college football, the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.
Henin won the first set easily but Jankovic took advantage of Henin's fragile serve to level, only for the top seed to win a tense deciding set.
His dogs, Rocky and Apollo, took advantage of the open entryway and set out on adventure.
Playing a direct brand of football and hustling Arsenal into errors, the hosts looked to gain an advantage as they racked up the set-pieces.
Curtis Allen struck the Blues ahead on eight minutes and he doubled the advantage 14 minutes later after being set up by Mark McAllister.
Rangers looked to take advantage of a growing number of set plays but neither Kris Boyd or Edu could find the target with headers.
Having escaped the penalty scare, Flamurtari set about gaining an advantage to take into the second leg and were rewarded when Strati's half-volley from 20 yards found the bottom-left corner of the net.
Finally, we claimed that if U.S. companies were to adopt this new model, we would enjoy a powerful advantage over our international competitors and set this country on the path of a sustained economic boom.
Tsonga looked to have restored confidence in the second set until Klizan restored his advantage in the third.
For Jimmy, the advantage of his system is that once set up, it can be largely left to run itself.
So having broad set of capabilities is an advantage, not a disadvantage.
Rosenborg wasted a glorious opportunity to double their advantage after 51 minutes when Yssouf Kone set up Alexander Tettey, but he blazed wastefully over the top from 12 yards.
Much of the build-up was dominated by the anticipated advantage that England might enjoy at the set-piece, but the first engagement between the two front rows in the opening minute was a mess.
With Tendulkar in imperious form in his 157th Test, accompanied by the destructive Yuvraj Singh with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni still to come, India look set to build a significant advantage on day three.
Jack was now maxing out his 401K contributions, and even took advantage of the additional amount he could set aside when he turned fifty, but retiring at age fifty-five now seemed out of the question.
Dubai welcomes business from China to set up here and take advantage of its role as a regional trading and commercial hub, His Excellency Mohammed Al Shaibani, CEO of the Investment Corporation of Dubai, said at press conference ahead of the opening of the Forbes Global CEO Conference today.
Both players were evenly matched throughout the opening set, Kafelnikov only taking the advantage 8-6 in the tiebreak.
Clearly, some part of that income advantage reflects skills the students had before they set foot on any ivy-covered campus.
Though the rejuvenated Spaniard subsequently held her serve again, Dementieva made her four-game advantage pay as she served out for the set.
Williams had set point but failed to take advantage and Azarenka ensured her opponent paid the penalty by taking the opener on a tie-break.
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