But the former Michigan State star and 2010 Vezina Trophy winner says he'll be at peace with whatever happens.
The 28-year-old outside-half has recently had his place in the side questioned, but the World Cup winner says criticism no longer affects him.
Academy Award-winner Weisz says the chance to play a "good old-fashioned villainess" drew her to the role of Evanora.
"He needs to consider how the country perceives the process and the winner, " says an old friend.
"What he's done would be hard for a Nobel Prize winner, " says Church.
The former league title winner with Liverpool says he still has high hopes of getting another job in the near future.
If there was a mistake in the counting, they'll reinstate her as the winner, but Zaki says she no longer trusts the system.
Meanwhile, the man who was declared the winner, conservative Felipe Calderon, says he is the president-elect.
"Crashes can be pretty exciting, " says Robert Russell, winner of seven longboard championships.
The downside is that it makes the winner stupidly reckless - Mr Coates says that when traders blow up, it typically comes at the end of a long winning streak.
History says the Game 5 winner when a series is tied at 2-2 has a colossal upper hand, though that's an axiom that the Heat both proved and disproved last season.
The whole point of awards shows is that no one knows who is going to win and the audience counts on that element of surprise to be part of a winner's speech, Wellman says.
Fifteen-times TT winner and outright lap record holder McGuinness says his fitness is better than ever and he is mentally prepared for the challenge.
"Chinese people put quite a lot of value on 'face, ' " says 23 year-old winner Cheng Pei Quan, who earned the nickname "The King of Collars" because he can sew 95 collars an hour, a third more than average.
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The BBC's Mark Lowen says that the priority for the winner of Cyprus's election will be to finalise the bailout.
Midfielder Andres Iniesta, who scored the winner in the 2010 World Cup final, says Spain isn't bothered by the "boring" tag.
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He says he has proposed workarounds, including winner groups based on level of sight.
Karlsson, last season's Norris Trophy winner as the league's top defenseman, says he always looks to go on the attack while killing a penalty.
"The players these days have been told that they need this coaching, " says Hale Irwin, a three-time winner of the U.S. Open.
Mr. Pavlich says he felt a pang of guilt that winner Maurice Lucas of Marquette University had died in 2010 probably believing the award was legitimate.
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"You can't fool them, " says Saul Zaentz , producer of 1984's winner, Amadeus, and 1996's winner, The English Patient.
"If you have one big winner every few years, that's fantastic, " says Manganello.
The political implications of a delay would be significant, if there is no clear winner in Kenya's 4 March election, our reporter says.
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He says he has been given sufficient funding and resources by the USTA, but says no amount of money can develop a grand slam winner if the talent is not there.
But McDonald - who tracks how many early votes have been cast and, when possible, by which political party - says that it may be possible to determine the eventual winner by watching hotly-contested swing states.
Indeed, the IMF may be the main winner in the summit, the BBC's economics editor Stephanie Flanders says.
As a World Cup winner in 1999, Burke arrived on Tyneside with a massive reputation, and says he worked extra hard to prove he was here for sporting rather than financial reasons.
Last year, Audi broke new ground with the first diesel-powered winner, driven by Frank Biela, Marco Werner and Emanuele Pirro, and McNish says he rates their chances of more success.
"Dubai is a winner for tourism because the government has created conditions to promote the industry, " says Bogdan Gutkowski, the chief executive of Swiss investment firm BIG InvestConsult AG, which is joining with Drydocks World to build the underwater hotel.
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