Now she wanted to play the longer odds her own way.

"Three people against God knows how many seems like long odds."

And that, against long odds, is pretty much what he has done.

And he also knew- that it was long odds against his being able to return to her.

It was their way of evening the long odds against them.

Going in, he had known the long odds and there could be no turning back.

"What is the meaning of the long odds against your man?"

But even here, against long odds, something new has begun to happen.

From here, it looks like a bad bet against long odds.

New York stories are often about small victories over long odds.