Only the maid, who has a foot in traditional structures, seems to stand a chance of being happy.
To stand a chance of putting them behind bars, you almost have to catch them in the act of forking over secrets.
The bank is stopping foreclosures for borrowers who live in their own homes and have enough income to stand a chance at repaying a renegotiated loan.
Henson believes he needs a full game in his preferred position of inside centre to stand a chance of featuring against England at the Millennium Stadium.
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To stand a chance of overturning Mr da Silva's huge lead, he must do two things, according to Gaudencio Torquato, a political scientist at Sao Paulo University.
At that scale, Proton seemed to stand a chance of holding its own against the multinational car makers when Malaysia opens its domestic car market in 2003.
Party strategists believe that Labour will need to win between eight and 10 seats in the east if it's to stand a chance of forming the next government.
New Zealand needed to match England's electric start with the bat to stand a chance, but lost both openers inside the first four overs, with only 19 runs coming.
Mr Sarkozy is the only candidate who seems both to have understood the urgency of reform and to have the abrasiveness to stand a chance of carrying it out.
In conclusion, three things must happen in order for the Coptic Christians and moderate Muslims to stand a chance of seeing their present human rights situation in Egypt improve significantly.
And, although Hull provided enough evidence at Bolton to suggest they have the determination to survive, they will need to improve on their finishing to stand a chance of staying up.
Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson admitted England still have plenty of areas to improve on if they are to stand a chance of beating Australia, their opponents from the 2003 World Cup final.
If Mr Gore receives his party's nomination, the support of urban voters (and co-operation from urban mayors) will be absolutely essential for him to stand a chance in the presidential election.
Martin McGuinness might still be too far off the lead to stand a chance of succeeding Mary McAleese, but if Sean Gallagher doesn't secure victory this final bad tempered exchange could be remembered as a game changer.
To stand a chance of re-election, he must therefore do whatever he can to frame the vote less as a referendum on his performance in office and more as a choice between competing visions for the future.
Leone Stars are second in Group 4 behind Nigeria with seven point and need to avoid defeat to stand a chance of qualifying for the next stage of the qualifiers as one of the best eight second-placed teams.
If Dr Jaafari is to stand a chance of making peace among his fellow Iraqis, he needs to change tack both in the way he builds a ruling coalition and in how he tries to stop Iraq sliding into a full-blown civil war.
When he joined the race for Speaker, he was thought to have the backing of many Labour MPs - but it was thought by many pundits that he may not have been popular enough with his own side to stand a chance.
And while you didn't exactly have to be a rocket scientist to join the original space missions (the U.S. Mercury and Apollo programs recruited many test pilots), if you want to stand a chance against other heavily-qualified applicants, it's certainly an advantage.
Phillips could still feature for Swansea on 27 February and have a second Ospreys appearance in Edinburgh on the 7 March if he is to stand a chance of making the last two matches of Wales' Six Nations campaign, against Ireland and Italy.
To stand a chance of finishing the race in a decent time the crew of the Omani yacht decided to try and move one of the working foils on the port side of the vessel to replace the broken one on the starboard side.
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Also, former dopers such as rider David Millar and Armstrong's former teammate Jonathan Vaughters, who now runs his own professional team, are working to change the culture which led them all to think they had no choice but to cheat to stand a chance.
Standing four-over on the par-five17th, the U.S. PGA champion needed a birdie or better to get stand a chance of making the final two rounds.
Potential rallies will require a significant infusion of those hoarded piles of cash if they are to stand a ghost of a chance at success.
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James Purnell's surprise resignation as work and pensions secretary on Thursday came with a call for Mr Brown to "stand aside to give our party a fighting chance of winning".
Only three of the five candidates to succeed him stand a chance.
Shah struggled to make an impact during the one-day series as England slipped to a 3-1 defeat and knew he needed runs to stand any chance of a Test recall.
The dilemma for Paris has been painful: to intervene - and be caricatured as a throw-back to the neo-colonialism of "la Francafrique" - or not to intervene, and see a first chance to stand tall on the African continent dwindle into the desert sands?
However, if you do manage to maintain focus through the chaos, it gives you a chance to stand out, Morgan says.
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Hoffman said her trip into Washington on Saturday was a chance to show her family the preparations being made in case they don't get a chance to stand on the parade route Tuesday.
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