At least most sports books will give you even odds with that one.
But given the arsenal each side has built, observers say there are better-than-even odds of a settlement.
So you see, folks, even odds-makers need a little bit of luck to win in Vegas once in awhile.
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If I was handicapping the outcome of this case based on what I have told you so far, I would have put it at even odds.
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"It's the class of 2009 and 2010 who are now going to face...even harder odds, " she says.
So Moy, the 42-year-old president of NSS Labs, wants to let the laws of supply and demand even the odds.
And then maybe -- just maybe -- today, more of our young people would be in classrooms and at jobs, instead of in custody, facing even worse odds than they started out with.
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Wambugu overcame long odds even to get the education she needed for this venture.
"Even though the odds are very low, the investment is very small, " he said.
Even when the odds are bad, individual patients can survive a long time, or vice versa.
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Clearly, mining production and production growth can overwhelm the odds even in a commodity bear market.
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Given how salient negative political messages seem to be, independents might place the odds even higher.
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But the extreme nature of his rout of Ferrer as impressive and unprecedented as it was shouldn't boost his odds even higher.
Even though the odds are against it, Qwest (nyse: Q - news - people ) CEO Richard C.
Mr. Panetta struggled with the uncertainty, one official said, but concluded the American public would back an operation even if the odds were only 50-50.
The willingness to keep trying even against the odds is admirable.
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By the way, Intrade also is quoting even more certain odds that the Republicans will keep control of the House and the ditto the Democrats with the Senate.
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In sports and in gambling there is a mistaken belief that a player who is performing better than normal will continue to play well, even if the odds suggest otherwise.
Schools are supposed to even out the odds among children of different backgrounds, but by the time migrant children arrive at Thomas Morus, its director thinks, it is almost too late.
In an era where Danica Patrick can contend against men in motor sports, Silberman is about to take a big kick forward for female athletes, even if the odds are clearly stacked against her.
Like all Englishmen, Button is closely watching the weather forecast in the hope that McLaren might profit from what could be a wet race at the Sepang International Circuit to even up the odds for the British team.
That number decreases with every failed attempt, so now my odds are even lower.
"Now their odds are even worse, " said the 64-year-old waiter and staunch Chavez supporter.
If the Orange enters the tourney as less than a top seed, their odds are even lower.
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And even with the long odds, the responsibility for paying the claim may be split among several insurers.
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Vulnerable enough, according to Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar under Presidents Bush and Clinton, that he rates our odds behind even those of our most Luddite adversary: North Korea.
Even if you beat the odds and win, your tax problem could be a doozey.
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