• "The longer the time goes on, the less chance of survival, " said Cindi West with the King County Sheriff's Office.

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  • At the end of the day participants of the Conference had a chance to share their views on the further development of online prevention work in the region and to suggest new ideas and approaches for this type of activities.

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  • Olivier Jacque was leading the race on the 500cc Yamaha at the only circuit where the remaining two-strokes on the grid had a realistic chance of beating the new MotoGP four-strokes.

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  • Sure, there were magazines like Creem and Rolling Stone, but the only place to actually hear any new music was on the radio, so the chance of discovering something new and exciting was limited.

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  • It gives all of us who have the honour of being a part of it a chance to reflect on the pointlessness and pain of past divisions in this part of the world.

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  • This gives the other video-on-demand companies the chance of grabbing some first-mover advantage.

    ECONOMIST: Video-on-demand

  • One worry is that technology and the growth of global institutions that rely on risk models may increase the chance of further storms.

    ECONOMIST: A new approach to financial risk

  • While pre-registration is recommended, visitors can still enter to play on the day of the tournament for the individual or team competition, but arrive before 10 am for the best chance of scoring a spot on the schedule.

    BBC: Knuckle down at England��s World Marble Championships

  • I've commentated on swimming for 20 years but I'd never had the chance of commentating on a British swimmer who had taken on the field from the start and won.

    BBC: Sports Personality 10: Rebecca Adlington

  • They will then be able to respond precisely, rather than slogging around on fruitless and demoralising patrols on the off-chance of catching a poacher up to no good.

    ECONOMIST: Monitor

  • The McLarens appeared to be faster than the Red Bulls, and Vettel decided to take a chance on the inside of Webber with 18 laps to go and appeared to veer right too early causing him to lose his rear right after it came in contact with the other car.

    BBC: Lewis Hamilton wins Turkish GP after Red Bulls collide

  • Weather experts at the Met Office in Bracknell, Berkshire, said people living in the north and east of England and Scotland will have the best chance of dashing through the snow on Christmas Day.

    BBC: Bets on for a white Christmas

  • The report finds that companies with a greater percentage of women on the management team have a greater chance of success.

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  • Small investors have often taken this to heart by rolling the dice on companies with a chance of becoming the next Google while shunning stodgy old industrials and soapmakers.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • After all, if Vioxx was sold mainly as safer on the stomach, shouldn't the chance of heart risks have radically changed the risk-benefit assessment of the drug?

    FORBES: Grading Merck's Defense

  • But they do have a direct strategic interest in keeping the next election as tight as possible (leaving aside the baleful effect of the boundary changes on a number of their MPs) because it maximises their chance of a hung parliament in 2015 and leverage over the next government.

    BBC: Reading the signs

  • The result was a sudden injection of urgency, with Riga - clearly intent on making the most of a rare chance to impress - offering Heurelho Gomes his first real tests of the night.

    BBC: Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko

  • As a result, the zeal with which drugs offences are pursued can depend on chance, or the policies of particular police forces.

    ECONOMIST: Going Dutch?

  • But for a long time it had looked as if the Englishman had tossed away his chance of victory on the daunting Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

    BBC: Hamilton stripped of Belgian win

  • Three putts from 40 feet on the par-three 17th left him seven over for the tournament and with little chance of making the halfway cut before he found yet more water on the testing par-five finishing hole.

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  • Falkirk's Lee Bullen failed to connect with a half-chance on the edge of the penalty area as the pace of the game slowed to a crawl.

    BBC: St Mirren's Billy Mehmet (left) gives chase to Pele

  • The debate was also used to give MEPs the chance to question the Commission on the role of the Common Fisheries Policy in developing local economies, such as creating jobs for coastal communities and sustaining traditional cultures.

    BBC: Debate on fisheries

  • The employment report will give investors a chance to check on the health of the world's largest economy, just days after the Federal Reserve completed its latest policy meeting, as well as releasing preliminary fourth quarter growth data that surprised on the downside.

    WSJ: Chinese Data Supports Asian Shares

  • Everywhere I've gone, every stop I've made, there are people like this, men and women who have faced misfortune, but who stand ready to build a better future: students ready to learn, workers eager to work, scientists on the brink of discovery, entrepreneurs seeking the chance to open a small business.

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  • If there is an evidentiary hearing, which I suspect there will be, the issues would probably include first whether the court has jurisdiction of the labor dispute (as opposed to the National Labor Relations Board) and then most insightfully, whether the players really do have a substantial chance of success on the merits.

    FORBES: NFL Players Should Be Nervous After Injunction Hearing

  • During the auction, which will be held next week on Wednesday, Twitter users will be able to bid on the chance to get some of their favorite celebrities ( Justin Bieber, Alyssa Milano and Ryan Seacrest to name just a few) to follow or tweet about them, with proceeds going to the charity aHomeInHaiti.org.

    FORBES: Microsoft Employees Introduced Eva Longoria To Celebrity Twitter Auctioneer

  • Airplane passengers can take steps to cushion the impact of a delay or lower the chance of getting on a delayed flight, Boyd said.

    CNN: Study: Flight delays to get worse as economy improves

  • So I know the feeling you get when someone takes a chance on you and the sense of dignity that comes with earning your first paycheck.

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