To many plaintiff firms, only sure-fire cases involving well-publicized malfeasance are worth a gamble.
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But in this day and age, that is a sure-fire way to lapse into mediocrity.
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One sure-fire way to get noticed by the SEC or law enforcement is to restate financials.
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The firm operated on a billable hours system, a sure-fire way to kill the creative process.
Even common blunders can be a sure-fire way to make a bad first impression.
With the orders announced at Zhuhai, the C919 looks like a sure-fire commercial success.
But there's only one sure-fire way to reduce air traffic jams: put fewer planes in the sky.
If it fails, the prime minister will return to being the sure-fire loser of the next election.
The company looks to have a sure-fire new drug for kidney cancer patients who have failed other options.
One sure-fire hit: toys and computer CDs inside boxes of kids' cereal, like Froot Loops and Rice Krispies.
Treasurys are the only sure-fire safe asset around, even though real yields on shorter-dated U.S. debt are negative.
"Using the highest performance rams and bulls is a sure-fire way to speed up on-farm improvement, " says Philip Halhead.
Big tax increases are not a sure-fire way of raising revenue in a country where taxes are routinely avoided.
But just being intolerant to grains is a big burden and a sure-fire way for me to gain weight.
It starts with sure-fire bets such as Croatia, and other small digestible countries in the western Balkans such as Macedonia.
Of course, there's one sure-fire way to slow the price surge: The Federal Reserve could prop up the dollar, oil's currency.
The Guardian's football writers turn back to the misery at Upton Park, speaking of the Hammers' now sure-fire "case for relegation".
So unless you want your beer reminding you of an old Pepe Le Pew skit, cans are your only sure-fire bet.
Officials now regularly berate insurers, a sure-fire way to win populist points.
Storms or no storms, billionaire Louis Bacon, who runs Moore Capital, and his brother, Zack Bacon III, have landed a sure-fire way to score.
But undoing a massive overhaul of the rules seems a sure-fire why to provide uncertainty to businesses that are already starting to plan for reform.
If there is one sure-fire way to insult an Australian, it is to mistake him for an American - especially where his war record is concerned.
Dividing your attention and packing your schedule full to the point of exhaustion is a sure-fire way to end up with a bunch of mediocre performances.
What was once a sure-fire bet in emerging markets has now become somewhat of a dud, especially in the big ADRs of Brazilian listed companies on the NYSE.
There is only one sure-fire way to provoke an inflation shock and that is to close the Straits of Hormuz, or otherwise cause Middle Eastern oil to cease, temporarily.
Smith was the dominant reliever of his era and still sits behind Trevor Hoffman and Mariano Rivera, two sure-fire Hall of Famers, for third all-time in saves with 478.
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He would make, if not a sure-fire Russian presidential candidate in his own right, then the ideal running-mate for any Russian conservative or nationalist seeking to succeed Boris Yeltsin.
This increasing substitution of sure-fire techniques for the clumsy but sincere efforts of the amateur lessens the opportunity for the magic of spontaneity and a genuine encounter with another person.
The sure-fire, no-lose answer: Aim it at your customers.
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The fallout for stock-pickers: Despite the still-strong economic growth across much of the region, it will be harder to find a sure-fire winner and easier to take a tumble on a loser.
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