And those artists who never stood a chance before the internet will be in for an even greater challenge.
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But a longtime family friend is dubious about Hashim's investment in a political campaign that arguably never stood a chance.
The 40% drop in the Dow in the month before the election meant that Al Gore never stood a chance.
When Garret and Sample lost their ability to stand up to the very people they hired, USC simply never stood a chance.
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Whether Global One ever stood a chance of success is debatable.
Jade believed she stood a chance of winning, but on the night, her song - a rather familiar-sounding Lloyd-Webber ballad - failed to really excite the audience.
"I have to say, if the Lamh Dhearg (the other club involved in the match) people hadn't have been there, we wouldn't have stood a chance, " he said.
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In his campaign for election, Israeli media made fun of him for his colourless, mild-mannered demeanour, and few believed he stood a chance against former Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
While many thought it was time for him to dump Kanu for the opposition, where he stood a chance of winning the presidency, he instead agreed to Mr Moi's plans.
Bodemeister stood a chance to make history: He had not raced as a two-year-old and the last horse to win the Kentucky Derby without those juvenile races was Apollo in 1882.
WiMax never really stood a chance because LTE had the same standards setting machinery which set up the previous Generations, and mobile operators just needed to upgrade rather than replace their networks.
"If I could have held my own early on then I'd have stood a chance, but Phil is just incredible, " said the world number five after his crushing final defeat at the Winter Gardens.
Few Republicans thought Waterbury Mayor Philip Giordano stood a chance of defeating Democrat Lieberman -- because the incumbent was highly regarded and because the GOP has not won a Senate race in Connecticut since 1982.
That said, he has been on much better behavior since arriving in L.A. Had he continued to rehabilitate his image and not allowed himself to be involved with such an ugly incident, he at least stood a chance to salvage some additional earnings through product endorsements.
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The government stood a good chance of making money buying distressed mortgage paper.
Once, wrongful convictions because of lawyer error stood a good chance of being overturned on appeal, especially in death-penalty cases.
Local firms dominated their regions because they often stood a better chance of gaming the planning system than their national rivals.
DC, John Allen Muhammad dismissed his lawyers, apparently thinking he stood a better chance of escaping execution if he conducted his own defence.
The wife stood a good chance of collecting a lot of his stock and of using those shares to insist on a board seat.
Going in at half-time we certainly felt we had the upper hand at the time and if we could continue executing our game plan we stood a good chance of turning them over.
Mr. LAPPE: Purchasing at a foreclosure auction today is probably much less of a deal than it was a year ago or two years ago, because previously, with credit standards being fairly loose, an investor who bought a property to foreclosure sale stood a pretty good chance of finding a qualified buyer to sell the property to.
And when it came to credibility, the word of a reporter - even one working for the much-respected Washington Post - stood no chance against those of a president and his closest aides.
He said it was completely unacceptable children in some areas of England stood less chance of attending a good school.
The average wealth and education of voters in the Defence area meant that NA-250 was the place where PTI, which appeals to middle-class and upper-middle-class voters fed up with traditional patronage politics, stood its best chance of winning a seat in Karachi, the country's economic capital.
Democrats argued on the floor Friday that the move to repeal the tax was nothing more than a political stunt, saying the bill stood little chance in the Senate, and no chances of survival at the White House.
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But Drescher is a sitcom veteran and knew where she stood the best chance of securing an audience.
Mr Pendry later said he had not brought a hunt ban bill because he felt it stood no chance of becoming law.
Because we stood our ground, it meant that every single United States citizen had a chance to make his or her voice heard.
Alun Michael would have stood as a candidate for a Welsh Assembly 20 years ago - now he has the chance to be its leader.
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