At first, Charles II opposed the alliance with the Dutch ruler — he preferred that Mary marry the heir to the French Throne, the Dauphin Louis, thus allying his realms with Catholic France and strengthening the odds of a Catholic successor in Britain ; but later, under pressure from Parliament and with a coalition with the Catholic French no longer politically favourable, he approved the union.

However, in Germany this depression was virtually a continuation of an economic morass that had blighted the country since the end of World War I, partly the result of the war reparations the country had been made to pay, and this morass had brought about the closure and demolition of the Grand Hotel Belle Vue, on the corner of Bellevuestraße and Königgrätzer Straße, thus enabling one revolutionary new building to struggle through to reality despite considerable financial odds.

In 197, Yuan Shu, who was at odds with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei, felt assured of victory with his subordinate's conquests, and thus declared himself emperor of the Cheng Dynasty.

Muspelheim ( Múspellsheimr, literally " home of Múspell ") is the world of fire, at odds with Niflheim, the world of ice ; and during Ragnarök ( the apocalypse ), the fire giants, called the " sons of Múspell " ( Múspellz synir or Múspells megir ) or " people of Múspell " ( Múspellz lȳðir ), will break the Bifröst bridge, thus heralding the beginning of Ragnarök.

If p is a probability then p /( 1 − p ) is the corresponding odds, and the logit of the probability is the logarithm of the odds ; similarly the difference between the logits of two probabilities is the logarithm of the odds ratio ( R ), thus providing a shorthand for writing the correct combination of odds ratios only by adding and subtracting:

Carr was also an artist who succeeded against the odds, living in an artistically unadventurous society, and working mostly in seclusion away from major art centers, thus making her " a darling of the women's movement " ( see Georgia O ' Keeffe, whom she met in 1930 in New York ).

The term began as horse racing parlance, to describe a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on.

The odds are in the house's favor in these games, thus producing a profit for the house.

Perhaps Ebdon's greatest achievement, thus far, was his 18 – 17 defeat of Stephen Hendry in the 2002 World Championship final, having started the tournament at odds of 33 – 1.

The children are numbered thus: If the ordained man is # 47, his first wife is # 471, the first male child is 4711 and the first female child 4712 ; the second wife's children would be # 4721, # 4722, # 4723, and so on, with girls having even numbers and boys having odds.

Even as the revolt was unfolding across the country and Queipo de Llano was seizing Seville, republican Prime Minister Santiago Casares Quiroga remained confident that Queipo de Llano would remain loyal to the central government, largely because of the latter's participation in the failed 1930 revolt against the monarchy and the government of Primo de Rivera, but also because Queipo was known to be a freemason, and thus presumably at odds with Spain conservative church hierarchy, which supported the rising.

The reasoning behind having such caps is to dissuade professional, or ' block ', bettors from attempting to take advantage of potential flaws in the posted odds, and thus limits the liability for the corporation on a given combination of outcomes.

Through them he was able to maintain an understanding with the German Chancellor, Bismarck to solve mutual problems, with Bismarck being a useful counterweight to French meddling in Egypt, and Britain being a useful ally of Austria-Hungary, thus meaning Bismarck did not have to choose between his two allies, Russia and Austria-Hungary, when they were at odds in the Balkans.

Thin vertical strips of tape have been painted over and then pulled off of the canvas, thus creating a sense of geometric measure at odds with the mountainous flesh.

Generally, the Germans have more powerful ( at least in 1941 ) and more mobile units and are able to usually get more favorable odds in combat, but the Russians are able to recreate their destroyed armies at a much faster and can thus afford the higher casualty rate that comes with the lower combat odds.

3 ) Watching the tote board for the changing odds of each horse and thus for clues about how the betting public views a horse ’ s chances of winning the upcoming race

The " rule of odds " states that by framing the object of interest with an even number of surrounding objects, it becomes more comforting to the eye, thus creates a feeling of ease and pleasure.

In Game Seven, Detroit overcame the odds to beat the Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena, and thus advanced to the NBA Finals for the second straight year.

At odds with this, the Ahmadiyya Muslim movement, which is largely seen as heretical amongst mainstream Muslims, believes that any kind of prophethood which is independent of the prophet Muhammad has closed, and thus the coming of Jesus of two thousand years ago violates the principle that the prophet Muhammad is the final prophet, as he was a prophet independently of Muhammad.

These new factor ( s ) would have acted either to increase human exposures to SIV, to help it to adapt to the human organism by mutation ( thus enhancing its between-humans transmissibility ), or to cause an initial burst of transmissions crossing an epidemiological threshold, and therefore increasing the odds of continued spread.

`` In view of the current expansion, which promises to be substantial '' he said the odds appear to favor rising interest rates in coming months, but `` there is reason to believe the change will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in late 1959 and 1960 ''.

Plumpick has no reason to think they are not who they appear to be -- other than the colorful and playful way in which they're living their lives, so at odds with the fearful and war-ravaged times.

Sasaki maintained a rigorous throwing program, sometimes at odds with club management, that saw him throw up to 100 pitches following games in which he did not appear.

Not only would they imply the sudden onset of a level of arrogance dramatically at odds with Masakado ’ s behavior before and after these incidents, but the title of “ New Emperor ,” the oracle proclaiming Masakado ’ s ascension, the building of a new imperial palace, and the naming of new central government officials appear only in Shōmonki and texts derived from it ; they are not mentioned in any of the court ’ s proclamations or other records of the Masakado affair — which is exceedingly odd, in light of the frenzy and paranoia that gripped the court in 940, if Masakado really did any of these things.

Later comments in 2009 appear to be at odds with Kevin Rudd's earlier statement.

Ships which appear to have mental ' instability ' ( though only compared with the very reasoned rationality of the other Culture Minds ) or act in ways that are otherwise considered eccentric or at odds with accepted standards of behavior are considered to be Eccentric.

Bestseller reports from companies such as Amazon. com, which appear to be based strictly on auditable sales to the public, may be at odds with bestseller lists compiled from more casual data, such as the New York Times lists ' survey of retailers and publishers.

These sentiments appear to be at odds with the Radical cause, but at this time parliament operated on shifting patronage rather than party lines, and Fox was noted for inconsistencies.

This process favors the accumulation of adaptive mutations more rapidly, therefore increasing the odds that a better adapted viral variant will appear in the host before the immune system suppresses the virus.

* The events portrayed in Death Comes to Time appear to be at odds with established Doctor Who continuity.

" However, Piquant's press release and Franken's paraphrasing of Rob Glaser appear at odds with a settlement agreement between Piquant LLC, Evan Cohen, and Rex Sorensen.

* The bluff provides less favorable pot odds to opponents for a call.

If a player bluffs too infrequently, observant opponents will recognize that the player is betting for value and will call with very strong hands or with drawing hands only when they are receiving favorable pot odds.

A bookmaker may ( for his own purposes ) use ' odds ' of ' one-sixth ', but a more common use is " odds against ", of the form 6 to 1, 6-1, 6: 1, or 6 / 1 ( all read as ' six-to-one ') where the first figure represents the number of ways of failing to achieve the outcome and the second figure is the number of ways of achieving a favorable outcome.

A trader hopes to make a profit by closing out the bet at a later stage at more favorable odds.

He was renowned for anticipating all the movements of his adversaries and achieving good political outcomes even when the odds were not favorable.

It was found that the odds ratio for finding results favorable to industry in industry-sponsored trials was 3. 6 times higher than non-industry-sponsored studies and that 24 % of authors did not disclose being funded by the drug companies in their published paper when they were funded by the drug companies.

The results of an attack are expressed in a number of turns the ship is disabled, or, for high odds and a favorable roll, the ship is destroyed.

It was found that the odds ratio for finding results favorable to industry in

At sea the odds against the German Kriegsmarine were less favorable.

It was found that the odds ratio for finding results favorable to industry in industry-sponsored trials was 3. 6 times higher than non-industry-sponsored studies and that 24 % of authors did not disclose being funded by the drug companies in their published papers when they were funded by the drug companies.