This doesn't prove that the drug will prevent Alzheimer's, but Friedhoff thinks it does stand a good chance of doing so.

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But you also stand a good chance of doing better.

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Local notables such as Mr. Khan are known in Pakistan as "electables, " people from influential political clans who stand a good chance of getting voted into office regardless of which party supports them.

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By doing so, you protect the downside, make a few dollars, and stand a good chance of holding onto the stock if the price movement in AAPL share is not consistent with the hype surrounding the iPhone 5.

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That's what happened in mass-tort settlements involving asbestos, Vioxx, fen-phen and other products, where lawyers cleverly bundled hundreds or even thousands of claims that might not stand a good chance in court with a few that threatened blockbuster verdicts.

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But if they can rediscover their old aptitude for the politics of opposition and, above all, if they manage to dredge up the right lessons from the murky electoral swamps of Florida they stand a good chance of turning a narrow defeat last November into a sustained majority next time.

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"There will be many good athletes competing in Paris, not least of all the other British athletes, but if I stay healthy and focused I must stand as good a chance as any other athlete, " said Chambers, who will be looking to retain the title he won in Turin two years ago.

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Mr Dobson's reluctant agreement to stand has given the prime minister a good chance of wriggling off the hook.

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