But Blavatnik has not been deterred, making a daring second bet on the company that looks like a winner.
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Little wonder, then, that Mr Cameron decided not to bet on a second election, as Harold Wilson did in 1974.
Second, it has never paid to bet against a state with as many inventive people as California.
Mr. FEINSTEIN: If they win on Saturday and keep on winning and win a second straight national championship, you can bet it'll be a movie script.
And, its a sure bet that Fed decision making will be second guessed through an intense, detailed and hostile Congressional investigation.
To add to the frustrations of President Andres Pastrana, who has bet his mandate on peace, a second guerrilla group backed away from earlier promises to free all the hostages it has seized in recent mass kidnappings.
P. privileges. (Exclusive Resorts, Case's luxury-residence club, will own and operate some of the units.) Since 30 percent of Miraval's guests are return customers, it seems a safe bet that there's a ready-made second-home market here.
To win this bet, two of the horses included in the play have to finish first and second.
Point being, the second and third-place animation studios just teamed up, which automatically makes them a strong bet to challenge the Mouse House.
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And research firm IDC recently bet that Windows Phone 7 would overtake the iPhones iOS in market share by 2015 to become the second most popular OS after Google Android.
By comparison, penciling in a No. 1 seed in your NCAA tournament bracket has been a pretty safe bet, with only two teams (Kansas in 2010, Pittsburgh in 2011) losing in the second round.
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