Independent of those things, the findings still showed that optimists had less of a chance of dying during the eight-year period.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Finally they see the agent, Mickey Rockford, and appeal to him for a break -- a chance to become stars.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

The Obama administration says the earlier those in trouble can get help, the more chance for long-term success.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

People should tie a bright-colored object to the top of their car to increase the chance of rescue.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Congressman James Blaine seemed to have the best chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination in eighteen seventy-six.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

So the people of Kansas got another chance to show that they did not want a pro-slavery constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The climber,played by James Franco, spends one hundred twenty-seven hours trapped alone with little chance of survival.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

"Chance City" is made up of more than thirty-two thousand dollars worth of old lottery tickets.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Mr.Panetta said he believed the killing gave the United States the best chance to defeat al-Qaida since the attacks of September eleventh,two thousand one.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Some people have paid as much as sixty-five thousand dollars for the chance to climb Everest.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

Now,looking to the future and the upcoming G-20 summit, Pittsburgh is preparing for a chance to show the world how much the city has changed.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

People also took part in gambling -- games of chance -- in his store.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

He says replacing white rice with whole grains like whole wheat or barley could result in a thirty-six percent lower chance of developing type two diabetes.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

as Charlie Parker's followers called him. Parker knew those performances might be his last chance to re-claim the success he had gained only a few years earlier.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

This was his chance. He finally had found a profession that would lead to his life work -- making the world a better place for poor people.

VOA: special.2010.08.01