1.   Although some people called for an investigation get to the bottom of the dispute, there appears little chance of that.

2.   And the winner got a chance to appear in a flea commercial.

3.   But chances of that appeared slim.

4.   But there appeared little chance last week that the city, the state or the Times Square developers would let their project unravel.

5.   Chances appeared dim for a floor vote on the alternative preferred by Democrats, a resolution of censure for his misconduct with Monica Lewinsky.

6.   Chances of action appear slight.

7.   Chances appear good that a computer cross-check would snare deadbeats.

8.   Chances appear good that the Ulster Unionists will eventually show up at the talks, but avoid meeting directly with Sinn Fein.

9.   Instead, they said his chances appear to depend on whether others in the field falter.

10.   Now, its best chance for survival appears to be one population near the border of Caldwell and Avery Counties in North Carolina.