31.   Davis beat the odds by making a series of good ones.

32.   Doing it, in this case, means beating odds that would be laughed at in Las Vegas.

33.   Dr. Dre has already beaten the odds more than once.

34.   Denton, the importer who thought it was impossible, conceded that Park Kerr appears to have beaten the odds by bringing a custom-distilled tequila to market.

35.   Doctors are not optimistic she will beat the odds.

36.   During his sophomore season at Alabama, Lassic experienced a similar situation, and he beat the odds.

37.   Etta Kelton, of Amarillo, Texas, beat the odds.

38.   Even so, two winners, one in Michigan and one in Illinois, beat the odds and will share the biggest lottery jackpot ever in the United States.

39.   Even if one of the opposition candidates beats the odds and accomplishes the first peaceful alternation of power in modern Mexican history, some suspicion will linger.

40.   Ewing had his cast removed six weeks later and was freed to beat the odds.