"If they didn't have her, they had no chance of winning, " said Cherry Creek coach Eric Craven.

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The run ended soon after when the Islanders couldn't produce the tying goal on chance No. 5.

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They wouldn't give us a chance to say no?

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It will be harder for the IRS to argue that it was really a gift. n Don't make a loan the borrower has no realistic chance of repaying.

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Regardless of how good it looks on paper, a state or big-city agency won't be willing to take a chance on a vehicle with no track record, said Detective Mary Wheat, spokesperson for the Portland, Oregon, police department.

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It is one thing, as we've seen in the past, to say here is my plan, which everyone out here knows has no chance of clearing Congress because the elements in it don't have bipartisan support, there's no evidence of historical bipartisan support -- or you can put forward ideas that meet that test and create jobs and grow the economy.

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As for Williams, she still has a chance of reclaiming the World No. 1 ranking if defending champion Azarenka doesn't retain her title or if Maria Sharapova loses her semifinal against Li Na.

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Pesos will do as a medium of exchange, if you have no other choice, but once dollars are just a click away the peso doesn't stand a chance competitively.

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He doesn't tell you that the other bettor chose the two horses in the race, and picked one horse with no chance of winning.

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And you needn't stop there: Both No. 10 and No. 12 seeds that pull first round upsets have a 50% chance of winning in round two.

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