But one magazine is fighting against all the odds.

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Then there is his memoir, Against All Odds: The Making of a Billionaire, published two weeks after his funeral.

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Mark Whitacre, whose case was written about in three books ( The Informant, Rats in the Grain, and the newest book, Mark Whitacre Against all Odds) is such a person.

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And yet, apparently against all odds, Putin is still here and Russians are still, generally, supportive of him.

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But whereas Karr and Johnston are mere journalists, Crawford is a former White House aide aiming against all odds to change the regulatory philosophy.

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The 3DS is a success, and Nintendo has somehow continued its hit streak against all odds.

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It is something he wrote about in a book he wrote with Stevin Hoover, Mark Whitacre Against All Odds.

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Even if, against all odds, the Security Council does throw down the gauntlet to Saddam, he is virtually certain to allow intrusive inspections to resume rather than giving the U.S. a pretext for internationally supported action against him.

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Second, even if, against all odds, the Security Council does throw down the gauntlet to Saddam, he is virtually certain to allow intrusive inspections to resume rather than giving the U.S. a pretext for internationally supported action against him.

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While all of their stories are different, what strikes me most is their ability to overcome enormous hardship against terrible odds.

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