Four men who live for the track, for the bet, and without hope of escape from the degrading boom and mostly bust nature of their addiction.
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And without faith and hope, fan loyalty and fan avidity go out the window.
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But also real and tangible achievement and progress for many who otherwise would have been kept down, unable to realise their potential, without much hope and with little prospect of advance.
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As a new group of citizens takes an oath to support and defend our country's oldest principles, we affirm another truth: that our American journey and our success would never have been possible without the hope, the drive, and the irrepressible optimism that every generation of immigrants has brought to our shores.
For entrepreneurial lawyers who file early and hope for a payoff without much more work, 10 years is a long time indeed.
"It is South Wales Police's job to prepare for any eventuality, and we have done that, but I truly believe that fans have matured over the last decade or more and hope the event passes without any serious incident, " he said.
The real value of renewable energy lies not in low costs (though lower costs are certainly a laudable development), but in its environmental benefits the cleaner air, water, and land that we all enjoy, and the hope of a future without catastrophic climate change.
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The powers conferred nearly always include the power to forgo or terminate medical care if, in the opinion of your physician, you are in a persistent vegetative state without hope of recovery, and medical care would only artificially delay your death.
Your health care durable power of attorney should express whether you wish to receive medical care if, in the opinion of your physician, you are in a persistent vegetative state without hope of recovery, and medical care would only artificially delay your death.
"We are proud of Ghana and hope that whoever wins will win without complications, " said Haruni Safiyu, a 26-year-old labourer just before casting his ballot.
It becomes especially critical for the exiting employee to remain steady, offer a concise explanation for the departure and show appreciation for the mentorship without giving false hope of reconsidering.
The National Basketball Association and its players union ended a two-day session of marathon talks without a deal but with hope after the league revised its offer to the players and with the union saying it will take the offer to its players next week.
Well, (and this is a forlorn hope) it would be helpful to report on the ongoing debate over science and policy without treating climate change like a rancorous "he said, she said" political debate.
My only guess is that CODEC is not mature enough and I hope that in future versions they can play without dropping frames.
The area is only 6% (of the entire farm area), it's five acres of polytunnels that we have applied for at the moment and we have every hope it will be granted because without that business, it will be very difficult.
And Bob Balaban has an amusing bit as a film critic without hope or enthusiasm.
We are feeding the legitimate hope to contribute without voluntarism to seek constructive and realistic solutions for the major contemporary challenges, as such promoting a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians -- dear and close -- friendly peoples that we feel solidarity with them.
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"You can't watch this without being amazed by ingenuity, technology, the perseverance and nonstop hope and determination, " he said.
Our boys were desperately wanted, we tried for years without luck and then, when we'd almost given up hope, I became pregnant with twins it was a dream come true.
At the time I argued without any hope of success that Google was wrong, and that there were better ways to achieve the same thing they were hoping to achieve.
"Without research we're into the territory of try it and hope it works, which is not what our students want or expect from us, " George says.
He reckons that only those who can empathise with their fellow man (and who consequently act in a considerate way) can hope to be without malice.
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"We look forward to the response of the EA and we hope that our concerns for residents' safety can be satisfied without the need for expensive drawn-out litigation in the High Court, " said council leader Frank Ayers.
If you have to compare, let's compare him to the "Somebody Up There Likes Me"-era Paul Newman and hope that he can continue to grow as Newman did, without compromising the charisma that he so effortlessly generates on screen.
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"There is a new air of hopefulness after a long time without much hope, " says Zach Hall, president of EnVivo Pharmaceuticals and former head of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Education leaders say it's all about the economy, but when the cost of tuition is jacked up as high as 30 percent in some states, and so many parents are without jobs or are facing wage cutbacks, their children see no hope.
We welcome people who fit into this definition into space segregated by sex in recognition of their perceived need for access and in the fervent hope that we can achieve such protection for identifiably transgender or transsexual people without harming females.
One cannot hope to put an end to gender-based violence without understanding the ideological and social construction which is the backdrop to this violence, which provides legitimacy, bolstered by patriarchal values which are taken to be consubstantial to our existence, our culture.
We certainly hope that we are able to continue to fund the government without drama, and focus on the challenge of trying to see if common ground can be occupied by both Republicans and Democrats when it comes to reducing our deficit in a balanced way.
D-66, the libertarian glue in the ruling purple patchwork, who slumped to 9% but hope to stay in government, and the Christian Democrats, who ruled the country without a break (bar a war-time blip) from 1917 to 1994, and look set to be the main opposition.
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