1.   And the odds eventually get you.

2.   History has taught Scott that the longer a seven-game playoff series goes, the better the odds get for the bigger, more physical team.

3.   If Dole indeed wins the nomination and picks Colin Powell as his running mate, the odds get even better for the Kansas Republican, the poll found.

4.   Many dream big, but the stakes are getting higher and the odds are getting worse.

5.   The odds are getting shorter on Castle Village Farm and Leah Gyarmati.

6.   The odds got better this week that Stanford University economist Joseph Stiglitz will be able to keep his new job heading the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

7.   The odds get slightly longer for Cleveland, Indianapolis and San Diego, the loser last January.

8.   Until the odds get stacked ridiculously high against them, adventure tourists will keep signing up.

9.   As the scores get closer, the odds get shorter.

10.   It was a long shot from the beginning, this business of trying to remove President Bill Clinton from office, and the odds have only gotten worse.