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- proper noun A male
given name , an American pet form ofChauncey , in modern usage also associated with the wordchance .
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Examples
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"It's hardly what I call a Chance," said the Marshwiggle.
The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953
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There have been sects of philosophers who have admitted what they termed Chance as one of the agents in the order of nature by which certain classes of events were entirely regulated; which could only mean that those events did not occur in any fixed order, or depend upon uniform laws of causation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various
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That working of an invisible judge, which we call Chance, "life's justicer," lays the villainy bare at the instant of its perfection.
William Shakespeare John Masefield 1922
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Juliet, in "Chance," quickly takes up with an older, married man she meets on a train, pursuing him to Whale Bay, on the British Columbian coast, although she has learned almost nothing about him and he doesn't even know her last name.
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Juliet, in "Chance," quickly takes up with an older, married man she meets on a train, pursuing him to Whale Bay, on the British Columbian coast, although she has learned almost nothing about him and he doesn't even know her last name.
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Taking Chance is also a tribute to the American people, because it was the care, honor, and respect that they showed to the body of the dead soldier and to his escort that inspired Col. Strobl to write the story.
Taking Chance Linda 2009
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Taking Chance is also a tribute to the American people, because it was the care, honor, and respect that they showed to the body of the dead soldier and to his escort that inspired Col. Strobl to write the story.
Archive 2009-06-01 Linda 2009
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REVIEW: 'Taking Chance' is a powerful reminder of war's toll
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A small, almost perfectly realized gem of a movie, Taking Chance is also precisely the kind of movie that TV should be making.
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NASA's Second Chance is the next entry in this blog.
Bonus Music Video: Sea of Tranquillity by Luke Powers - NASA Watch 2009
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