Equally well known is Pascal's Wager.

The second part of Sarkozy s wager concerns reforming and renewing the alliance.

The last and perhaps most difficult part of the wager is Europeanizing the alliance.

There is no guarantee, of course, that the three parts of this wager will pay off.

If I had to bet, I would wager that the government will end up winning this battle.

So, for young African athletes, embarking on the path to high level sports is a risky wager.

The Obama administration has staked significant political capital on the wager that Myanmar s promise may finally bear fruit.

Beyond the often partisan and quintessentially French polemics about Sarkozy s NATO decision, it is possible to discern what might best be termed a three way wager by the French president.

As an advance. Even the debt of two cases of beer apparently the price of a lost wager, in which Simonyan bet on Clinton was not enough to dampen the chief editor s spirits.

The Obama administration has staked significant political capital on the wager that Myanmar s promise may finally bear fruit. And, indeed, the rate of change in Myanmar over the last two years has been nothing short of remarkable.