And if a sour mood is what is prevailing, the odds are that at the margin it will hurt the 'in' party".
It was Collison, in The Independent on Sunday, who told us most about what prevailing against all odds entails.
His endorsement of Kurdish independence, as well as his tough position on the West Bank, put him at odds with prevailing international opinion.
The forum reminded participants that liveable cities require planning – a message at odds with prevailing attitudes in much of the world.
His books appeared either passé when they dealt with the time in which he was growing up or dangerously at odds with prevailing wisdom.
These days, though, with developers eager to build, the gardeners acknowledged that the odds of prevailing may not be in their favor.
He soon emerged as one of the Justice Department's more radical lawyers, often at odds with prevailing opinions on civil rights law enforcement.
They are not progressive, democratic organisations, and a truly democratic and free society must respect their internal dynamics and values, even if from a secular, rights-based perspective these are at odds with prevailing cultural norms.
Copland was apparently an amused fan of the interpretation, but, in the UK at least, at punk's peak, ELP's adventure seemed even more at odds with prevailing mainstream winds than straight classical performance.
Since then, leaders of the faction that broke away have rallied behind Mr. Tsvangirai, improving his odds of prevailing in a fair runoff, though one is unlikely under the current conditions.
