A Snowball's Chance

[Mullins, Bill]

THAT ELECTION CASE. The Atlanta Constitution (1881-2001); Nov 24, 1890; pg. 4 col 5.
"It is true that Mr. Norman came to Atlanta instructed to vote for Mr. Norwood, and he did vote so on the call of the roll, 
but after the roll cale was over and he saw that Norwood's chances were about like a snowball's chances in the nether regions,
he exercised what he considered his right and voted for Gordon as his second choice, and it was his vote that 
elected Gordon, too." 
 
"Current Comment" Dallas Morning News 1903-03-01 P. 18 col 5.
 
"As the American end of the commission is owned in fee simple by the tariff monopolists, anything like reciprocity has about as much chance as the tradtional snowball in hades."
 
>1908 is the year to beat.
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>JL
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>Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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>"A snowball's chance" ("in hell" or "in an oven") came up on the Slant Point
>blog. I don't know if the HDAS has it for the next volume ("S").

>(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
>...
>_The Port Arthur News_ _Thursday, August 08, 1940_  
>...candidate. Nom- inee Willkie hasn't a SNOWBALL'S CHANCE of carrying mere
>than..