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For Republicans, the election gave them the rare chance to win by taking advantage of a divided Democratic party, a division in the liberal ranks, and a special election which would guarantee a relatively small turnout (compared to both 1994 and 1996).
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But City won just one of its next five games, shifting the balance to the point where by April 8, United led by eight points and had a 95% chance of taking the title.
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But Manchester City won just one of its next five games, shifting the balance to the point where by April 8, United led by eight points and had a 95% chance of taking the title.
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But now in an interview for BBC Northern Ireland's The View, the pair revealed the party will be officially launched "in four to five weeks" and they are dismissive of critics who say they have missed their chance by taking so long to launch the venture.
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As DeGeorge pointedly noted in letters to companies that dared to challenge him, any insurer denying a claim is taking a chance that it will get hit with a nasty tort suit by the policyholder.
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Its refrigerant is R-22, a chlorofluorocarbon that will probably leak out, taking to the sky, with the very slight chance that it will be wafted upward by a thunderstorm so powerful that it penetrates the stratosphere, depositing it where catalyzes the destruction of springtime ozone, especially over Antarctica.
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The lawyers involved in the tobacco suits insist that the awards are fair, reflecting the risk they ran by taking on the tobacco firms when no one, including the state attorneys-general, thought they had much chance of winning.
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Random House is taking a big chance by making such a big bet on an author whose fan base is concentrated in the under-30 demographic, a group not known for its willingness to pay for content of any kind.
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With his contract up in three months, he is being given one last chance to prove his worth by evaluating a top high school prospect who the Braves are considering taking with their first overall draft pick.
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