chance
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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chance chance one's arm undertake something although it may be dangerous or unsuccessful.
chance would be a fine thing expressing a speaker's belief that something is desirable but the opportunity is unlikely to arise.
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Matta Found Guilty Of Three Murders;Jury Recommends Life Plus 10 in Each
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/15/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Arlington County jury found Chander "Bobby" Matta guilty yesterday of murdering and robbing...seven women and five men recommended that Matta be sentenced to life in prison with no...Judge Paul F. Sheridan set April 19 for Matta's sentencing. The judge can uphold or...
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MATTA: NO REGRETS ON HOW HE LEFT XAVIER.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...s next men's basketball coach, Thad Matta said he had no regrets in how he left Xavier...agreement of how we were going to do this," Matta said. "I never, ever wanted to demean...circumstances of his departure from XU, Matta's press conference Friday didn't have...
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MATTA CONTENT AT XAVIER\ RUMORS ARE DYING DOWN.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 4/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...swirling around Xavier University coach Thad Matta have begun to slow. Gene Keady is staying...will not be open when Keady retires. But Matta said he's not really paid too much attention...camps and off-season workouts -- and Matta was in his office at the Cintas Center...
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MATTA BOLTS FOR OSU \ ASSISTANT QUICKLY NAMED NEXT COACH.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...Buckeyes picked Xavier University's Thad Matta as their new men's basketball coach, Xavier has selected Matta assistant Sean Miller as his replacement...conference, Xavier officials said today. Matta's move to Ohio State will be formally...
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Matta Accepts Coaching Job at Ohio State
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...COLUMBUS, Ohio Xavier head coach Thad Matta reacts during an NCAA regional game against...interest in the vacant Ohio State job, Matta was spirited into Columbus on Wednesday...basketball coach at Ohio State, Xavier's Thad Matta accepted the position on Wednesday. Ohio...
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MATTA PUMPS UP THE XAVIER FAITHFUL.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/4/2001; 700+ words
; Byline: Bill Koch Thad Matta, Xavier University's new men's basketball...the best job in the Atlantic 10,'' Matta said Thursday. ''I think the bar at...moving it a little higher.'' Later, Matta rated the XU program's resources as...
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Matta Portrayed as Methodical Killer as Case Goes to Jury
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/14/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Arlington jury yesterday that Chander "Bobby" Matta killed three prostitutes last May in a...was in contrast to closing arguments by Matta's defense attorney, who said that he...the outset of the week-long trial that Matta was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia...
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Matta puts the bounce back in Ohio State basketball.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 3/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...At 4:36 a.m. Wednesday _ Thad Matta remembers the clock face like he would...message to relate to my team," recalled Matta, whose Buckeyes clinched a share of the...it, I couldn't go back to sleep." Matta, 38, has supplied Big Ten coaches their...
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Matta's main man: Energetic assistant has played unsung role in OSU's success.
Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH); 3/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...It's only a matter of time before Thad Matta zigs left and John Groce zigs right and -- BOOM, Matta's gum won't be the only thing to hit...coaching contact in the 2000-01 season, when Matta hired Groce as an assistant at Butler University...
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Matta Given Life Sentence In Slayings; Judge Rejects Claim Of Mental Illness
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/24/1991; ; 676 words
; Chander "Bobby" Matta, convicted of the murders of three prostitutes...Arlington Circuit Court judge who spurned a plea that Matta be sent to a mental institution for treatment. In sentencing Matta, Judge Paul F. Sheridan upheld the recommendation...
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Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián Antonio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren (1911–2002) received...Surrealists, the artist, known simply as Matta, dedicated himself to exploring the powerful...
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Matta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Matta (Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren) , 1911?-2002, Chilean painter who left his...thereafter worked in Europe and the United States, b. Santiago. Matta was an exponent of surrealism in the group around André...
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Kamrowski, Gerome
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the Surrealist group in Paris, Roberto Matta (1911–2002), who had settled...1915–1991) met regularly at Matta's Greenwich Village studio to discuss...with the psychic automatism" suggested by Matta, wrote Phyllis Braff in the New York Times...
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mat
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
mat1 piece of coarse fabric of plaited fibre OE.; piece of material laid on a surface for protection XV (naut.). OE. m(e)atte , corr. to MDu. matte , OHG. matta (Du. mat , G. matte ); WGmc. — late L. matta .
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American Art Arrives
Book article from: American Decades
...with André Masson. Other artists in exile included Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, and Robert Matta. They brought with them the experimental styles of Surrealism, Cubism, and Expressionism. They began teaching, attracting...
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