Mr. Franzen, the author of the novel "Freedom," was making his first appearance on Ms. Winfrey's syndicated talk show since losing out on a previous opportunity to be featured in 2001.
The best previous opportunity was probably at the Republican National Convention in 2000, or perhaps at one of the two inaugurations in 1999 -- George W. Bush's as governor of Texas, Jeb Bush's as governor of Florida -- or maybe at the dedication of former President George Bush's presidential library in 1997.
They spurned previous opportunities to work with neighbouring authorities".
But in four previous opportunities, Michael Clarke had never once made the opposition follow on.
Before and after yesterday's game, he talked about how he had made the most of previous opportunities.
Thankfully, we could not identify any obviously manipulated wines, something I could not say after previous opportunities to taste brunello.
For one thing, O'Hair would need to win an event in which he held a first-round lead, something he has not done in three previous opportunities.
In fact, home playoff games under Coughlin had been a bugaboo for the Giants, who lost in two previous opportunities with him and last won a postseason game at home in 2001.
I can't beat that!" Though never as a pop star, Hathaway has had lots of previous opportunities to show off her vocal abilities: singing in Les Miserables and at the Oscars, plus a recent hip-hop cover set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
If you assume that a typical No. 15 seed has a 2 percent chance of making it to the Round of 16, the chances that not one of them would do so before this year (there had been 112 previous opportunities since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985) were only about 10 percent.
Mickelson, who already has come up short in nine previous opportunities to take over the top spot this season, could become No. 1 by winning, finishing second (if Woods is outside the top three), finishing third (if Woods is out of the top nine) or coming in fourth (with Stricker not winning and Woods out of the top 24).
