In 2003, the director took a flyer on HBO's "K Street," a semi-improv political satire shot within days of its air date.
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And one of the things that I tell people I appreciate is that -- that spark, that thing that we took a flyer on in 2007, 2008.
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To his everlasting credit, Marv's successor, Chuck Strum, took a flyer on this unknown copy editor and let her become, well into her 40s, a cub reporter.
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After gaining national notoriety under the stewardship of Minneapolis record store maven Peter Jesperson and his fledgling Twin/Tone label, the Replacements took a flyer on a major-label deal with Sire Records in 203.
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Remember, Dez didn't have a team for most of 2018 after the Dallas Cowboys cut him before the season ... and then he blew out his Achilles when the Saints took a flyer on him late in the year.
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Only one party attendee, a woman wearing a shiny blue shift dress and a look of disdain, took a flyer and then proceeded to slowly crumple it in her fist, dodging other passerby so she could dramatically throw it in a garbage can.
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SPX is getting crushed to a degree not seen since the financial crisis a decade ago - the index is down 21.5 percent in the last three months - a trader who took a flyer on volatility early this year could be pocketing a profit of 70 percent or more.
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It's not hard to hype something up. ...When the first techno records came in, the early Model 500, Reese, and Derrick May material, I wanted to follow up the Detroit connection. I took a flyer and called up Transmat; I got Derrick May and we started to release his records in England. ...Derrick came over with a bag of tapes, some of which didn't have any name: tracks which are now classics, like 'Sinister' and 'Strings of Life.
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But back in Salt Lake City, a local merchant persuaded him to buy, on credit, a train of twenty-six wagons that he had no further use for. Toponce then got further credit from the merchant to load the wagons with freight for Montana. The merchant made money and Toponce came away from the deal with plenty of cash for another venture. During 1866-1867, Toponce took a flyer on eggs, buying them up all over northern Utah.
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Even with a conventional sailing rig, the proposal was bizarre, and the board required Bushnell to guarantee the ship's ability to float and its stability. A second design, even more abnormal, was John Ericsson's single-turreted, low-freeboard vessel. Ericsson's design had the shallowest draft and shortest estimated construction time, but against it were its extremely low freeboard, turret-mounted guns, and total reliance on steam power. The board took a flyer on Ericsson, and quick construction was the most important thing in Welles's decision to build the Monitor.
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The New York Giants selected Scott with the 221st overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Giants general manager Jerry Reese said, "We took a flyer on the guy because he is big and fast… We hope this guy develops into a Willie Parker, one of those kinds of things."Giants feel they landed two of top 15 in NFL Draft, April 30, 2011. At the NFL Combine, Scott ran the 40-yard dash in 4.34 seconds, the fastest time recorded by any of the participating running backs.Maryland’s Da’Rel Scott runs fastest running back forty, NBC Sports, February 27, 2011.
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