But in a quarterback-desperate league, teams will almost certainly reach for several of them, forcing upon them the fate of their franchises.
This annual tribute to al fresco elbow bending is in Jacksonville; the Gators will not play outside the state until a possible appearance in the SEC championship game in Atlanta, which they will almost assuredly reach with a win Saturday.
Still, men who become recycled singles in late life should expect that their daughter, if they have one, will almost instantly reach the conclusion that her father is incapable of running his own life without her supervision.
When the sensuous, athletic dancers of the Martha Graham Dance Company take the stage at New York City Center tonight to perform Graham's classic "Embattled Garden," they will almost certainly reach a new generation of enthusiasts for the woman who defined contemporary American dance.
But if the recall proponents submit 1.4 million raw petition signatures by the end of this week, as they have promised, experts say they will almost certainly reach the 900,000 valid signatures needed to call an election.
She will almost certainly reach that threshold in New Jersey, the first state to vote on Tuesday and one where she is expected to easily win – possibly before polls have even closed in California.
It's better than its predecessors, although it doesn't come together quite smoothly or sharply enough to loft Mr. Psilakis and Ms. Arpaia to the level they clearly aspire to and will almost certainly reach.
If people who took Vioxx continue to have more heart problems than those who took a placebo — even for just a few more months — the difference between the groups will almost certainly reach statistical significance, Dr. Psaty and Dr. Nissen said.
By year's end, Obama and Boehner will almost certainly reach a deal — a fact reflected in the muted reaction on Wall Street to the failure of Plan B. At noon on Friday, the Dow was down a hundred and fifty points, or a bit more than one per cent.
And while Mr. Portillo enjoys the backing of the largest number of Conservatives in Parliament and will almost certainly reach the finals, he is less popular with the party members -- average age, 65 -- who are uneasy with his glamour and admissions about his personal life.
