1.   The odds favor the phone company.

2.   Analysts said the odds still favored no rate cut at the Fed meeting on Tuesday.

3.   And if history repeats, the odds favor winning sessions today and again on Friday, an abbreviated session.

4.   And the way the bounces always seem to go here, the odds favored the Wings.

5.   At the roulette table, I proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the odds do indeed favor the house.

6.   But at this stage the odds overwhelmingly favor Gore.

7.   But given the common ground that exists and a desire by both parties to deal, the odds favor enactment of something worth the wait.

8.   Further, the odds still favor Dole.

9.   Gingrich speaks Thursday in two Democratic-held districts where the odds favor the incumbents.

10.   In a long war of attrition, military analysts say, the odds favor the government.