Yet, a hundred-odd days from polling day, three potential pitfalls still lie in Mr Sarkozy's way.
Mr Issawi launched a hunger strike in August, but the the BBC understands that at points during the 200 odd days he has broken off his hunger strike for short periods only to resume it again.
These "made men" now spend their days doing odd jobs, sitting on the hotel's porch and watching the girls go by.
In the odd little world of the NHL these days, the Pittsburgh Penguins, featuring Sidney Crosby, are the glamour team while the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks are bigger draws than the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings.
Perhaps not, but it is an odd thing to have to worry about these days in the European Union.
Not entirely outside the realm of possibility, but given how flat the market for PDAs is these days it seems like a really odd time for Apple to be diving in.
It was odd but totally coincidental timing when, just days before the crisis in the Maldives began with the stepping down of President Mohamed Nasheed, I posted a piece about swimming with whale sharks in the Maldives and around the world.
After Sandy hit the Northeast last fall, New Jersey, then New York, had to begin even-odd rationing because the storm interrupted gasoline shipments for days.
But the odd thing is that although McLennan's "Demons Days" is catchier, in the end the all-Forster all-the-time "If It Rains" is more striking and sticks harder.
In retrospect it seems odd and, of course, tragic that in those days, just after World War II, while much of the rest of the world was at least tentatively coming to grips with the embarrassing inequities of racism and colonialism, the Afrikaners were moving their country headlong in the opposite direction.
And while Cook is adapting to the demands, and nocturnal wails, of a new-born baby, Luevano hasn't made life any easier for himself by choosing to fly into the UK just five days before the fight, a decision Cook finds odd.
Spending 88 days exposed to the sun might have seemed an odd way to raise awareness for melanoma, but Ridley, a redhead who admits he burns easily, stocked up on SPF 50 sunblock and UV protective clothing, and took breaks when the sun was the strongest.
Odd, then, that Shell shares hit a record high in the days after the Prudhoe Bay news.
Yes, tomorrow this beautiful, rural part of Wales will return to relative silence after four days of clapping, cheering and laughter, as well as the odd moo and baa.
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Everton's Leon Osman and Richard Dunne may seem an odd couple but they've brought a little warmth back into a cold, depressing few days.
Ballmer may be a little less shouty these days, but it's good to know he's still capable of delivering the odd high-caliber burn.
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