His lifelong sense of isolation and separateness — an internal reality that may seem at odds to some given his early success as an actor (in the book he calls his designation as a member of the "Brat Pack" in the '80s "one of the stranger ironies" of his life).
A lifelong conservationist and Republican, by inheritance and practice, he is among those in his party who are dismayed by Trump yet are still striving, against diminishing odds, to find some workable common ground.
Some of us overcame many odds to escape to America and are incensed that now we are about to taste that ugly kind of brainwashing, big government, lies and misrepresentations once again, here on our new home soil.
Every college dorm has a guy like Chestnut, 29, quick to smile and determined not to spend his life in some cubicle, determined against all odds to enjoy what he does — in this case, pounding food down his gullet.
Hernandez remembers some of the youths from the projects who never beat the odds to attend college.
Some people put themselves in the middle of such situations and try, against all odds, to help.
It made no odds to me when it came along, as long as it was some kind of fitting ending.
Overcoming impossible odds to win.
Convert the odds to probability.
HERE are some odds and ends to make note of as the business-travel season begins with the imminent end of summer: Well, duh, according to me.
