First, as Dean Baker notes, even if you believe that the glittering prizes at the top of the economic scale were fairly won, the size of those prizes is very much defined by policy choices.
If it is fairly held and Mr. Chavez wins, an opposition that in the past has supported a military coup and a general strike in an attempt to force the president from office will be obliged to accept his rule for 2 1/2 more years.
It's fairly clear that to win an election, you have to be allied to Thaksin in the mind of the people, whether or not you are following the man's actual instructions.
Last time it was fairly obvious who was going to win, but this time... ?
It's fairly easy: this team wants to win the world championship," he trumpeted.
While it's fairly certain that Amazon won't win a spot on Fortune's "Best Places To Work" rankings anytime soon, the otherwise impressive story failed to mention that a self-imposed "pedal to the metal" working mindset is pervasive among technology workers throughout Silicon Valley, as the New York Times itself reported in May.
While it's fairly safe to say Sanders will not win the Democratic nomination unless Clinton is suddenly indicted, the presidential race is not even close to being over.
Any realist can see that the likelihood Abrams will win is fairly slim, but even if she doesn't become the governor, these efforts are not in vain.
"We spent a couple of years at Parramatta where we were fairly successful, winning a couple of competitions.
His first recording with the band, 1975's Fly by Night, was fairly successful, winning the Juno Award for most promising new act, but the follow-up, Caress of Steel, for which the band had high hopes, was greeted with hostility by both fans and critics.
"Experience is fairly balanced now, Andy's won some big ones so he knows what that's like, he won't be afraid of that moment any more.
