But then the Broncos won the toss, so fat chance of that, right?
Fat chance: the Expediency Council is dominated by conservatives and, by November 28th, it too had turned the bill down.
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Fat chance: the IMF forecasts GDP growth to average just 0.5% a year and bond yields of 7.7% between 2012 and 2017.
Fat chance, says Lawrence Rudel, a researcher at Wake Forest University.
Trans fat chance: There's something about stepping into the air-conditioned domicile of fast-food joints like Wendy's International that incites a twinge in the consumer conscience about healthy eating.
Even the lawyers may be forced to throw up their hands (and the chance of fat fees) in the face of two things: public interest in celebrities' private lives and the sheer number of modern media outlets, including the internet.
For the happy few who include them in a real diet rather than a fake one, low-fat potato chips offer a chance to brighten an otherwise spare meal.
After getting our eager mitts on Nikon's long overdue D3 successor, aptly named the D4, we got a second chance to revisit our fat-bodied, photo-taking friend at the company's CES booth.
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Many Wessis, tempted by cheaper labour, the chance to ignore red tape and fat government incentives to invest in the former east, have moved their businesses across the old line.
It's that we don't really mind ripping off huge fat-cat corporations, which would probably do the same to us given half the chance.
Among his come-ons: giving hires a chance to publish their software development ideas as well-distributed trade books--and paying them a fat bonus for their labors up front.
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