True, against all odds and historical logic, Europe seems poised to maintain the leadership of the IMF.

This is completely at odds with the facts.

But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world.

They also are at odds with improving French competitiveness.

DUBLIN Europe s needs and Europeans desires are at odds.

It seems to me that the odds are around 60 that real negotiation will not begin until tax rates go up on January 1.

And it seems to me that, if gridlock continues into 2013, the odds are 60 that it will tip the US back into recession.

For a long time, these two issues seemed to be at odds.

The two were often at odds over economic, social, and religious policies.

For the French, Sarkozy s determination to act, despite the odds, seems far superior to the passive cynicism of those who preach abstention or satisfy themselves with empty words.

Those are attractive odds.

But this financial market buoyancy is at odds with political events and real economic indicators.

Such an approach is at odds with the budgeting process in the United States and elsewhere.

The odds are not good.

At first it seems baffling.

Moreover, Bush s exaggerated rhetoric was often at odds with his practice, giving rise to charges of hypocrisy.

Public perceptions of the risk of violence associated with mental illness are at odds with the facts.

At least, that's how it seems.

So meritocracy seems preferable, at least at first sight.

Today, these countries are more at odds with both Iran and Syria than they have been for decades.

So who was Babar, bloodthirsty tyrant, humanist poet, or both and not necessarily at odds with each other?

In every democratic society, freedom for all has been at odds with equality for all, and vice versa.

The odds are on the cheaper man.

But that judgment seems premature, at best.

There are, in fact, many encouraging examples of how we can achieve results, at times even against the odds.

At the World Bank, nothing seems to be happening at all.

However, institutional and negotiating capacities require a sustained, comprehensive and long term effort that is at odds with short term operations.

For a long time, these two issues seemed to be at odds. The developing world understandably does not want to sacrifice its growth for a global public good, especially when the United States, the richest country in the world, seems unwilling to sacrifice even a little of its luxurious life style.

At first glance, there seems to be no problem.

At first sight, China seems to be an exception.

Besides being at odds with reality, the claim of strong growth actually encourages the trade unions to ask for even higher wages.

There are three principal reasons why the Bush administration s impact on human rights is so much at odds with its stated intentions.

A country whose very survival seemed in doubt at its founding offers striking lessons in constructing, against all odds, a working democracy.

It makes no odds. In fact, in the Northern Hemisphere, we're further from the Sun in summer, as it happens, but it makes no odds, the difference.

Each of the four faced what many deemed overwhelming odds.

All of this activity is taking place against the odds.

The odds heavily favored the second outcome global macroeconomic distress.

This is at odds with the EU s proclamations since the 1999 Rio summit that Latin America is a vital political and economic partner.

Crafting a culture of security is difficult and often at odds with the dynamic and decentralized work environment of a fast moving newsroom.

Until this month, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission had been at odds with Barnier over the territorial scope of US derivatives rules.

This observation is at odds with classical electromagnetism, which predicts that the electron's energy should be proportional to the intensity of the radiation.

Note that the usage of these words is at odds with the usage pattern in other languages (similar to Georgian in that sense).

It also hints at the fact that state sponsored public information campaigns on drug abuse prevention are often at odds with messages being sent out through the popular culture.

They would have understood that the calculations provided were at complete odds with reality, and they would have considered what to do about it.

The information provided to the Committee by the complainant is at odds with his own account of the facts to the Swedish immigration authorities.