Sentences with phrase «of ill fate»

Xabi Alonso — The Spaniard had every right to leave Anfield this summer mainly because Rafa made the mistake of being more than happy to sell Xabi the previous summer in favour of an ill fated move for Gareth Barry.

The Unity Academy prospect, who was among the shining stars of the ill fated squad, dazzled a scout of QPR in Abuja who kept on asking about the kid in jersey number 11.

It reminded me a little of the ill fated distribution model that was Heroes World, where Marvel bought a print comics distributor, went exclusive with them, and it ended up helping drag the distributor and publisher down, leading to the current monopoly print distribution system with Diamond Comic Distributors.

Visit Burketown the northern most point of the ill fated Burke and Wills Expedition.

I think Nintendo has decided, for the most part this year, to focus on behind the scenes more, I.e. Focus on getting the NX right, and therefore don't want to overstretch themselves too much in other areas such as production of Wii U games and marketing of the ill fated console.

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He argued on behalf of Grokster, another ill - fated music service, before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

In the following excerpts, they recount the first of just two formal joint interviews with Steve Jobs, then running the ill - fated NeXT, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, which took place at Jobs's home in July 1991.

That strategy has sometimes attracted controversy, most notably in the case of the ill - fated Trump SoHo development, where the project's developers have faced allegations of financing it in part with laundered money.

Microsoft's ill - fated foray into the mobile world is the stuff of legend.

Although the crime wave so far is mostly limited to areas outside the resorts where tourists stay, Cancun shows signs of following the ill - fated path of Acapulco.

«In many ways, it is GM's post-bankruptcy masterpiece, a real feather in the cap of CEO Mary Barra and her executive team, who took what the company had achieved with its ill - fated EV - 1 back in the 1990s and turned it up to 11.»

The Charge line in particular should look familiar; it's a reworked version of the ill - fated Force tracker the company had to recall after some users reported skin rashes after wearing it.

Google has widened its share from about 31 per cent since Microsoft bought Atlas as part of the ill - fated aQuantive acquisition.

Amazon has not only turned its back on the ill - fated Fire Phone, but has seen dramatic growth in several major areas of its business, including the Amazon Web Services cloud platform that many corporations use to automate much of their online operations.

Pinkerton's account of Forbes» growth from «quaint, second - tier stock tip sheet» in the 1950s to capitalist bible to the faded publication it is today is gossipy in the extreme about Malcolm's extravagant lifestyle, Steve's ill - fated presidential campaigns, and the eventual dwindling of the family's fortune.

He claimed to be producing a porno homage to disgraced politician Anthony Weiner — and that he'd donate 15 percent of its profits to Weiner's ill - fated mayoral campaign.

Not only did he mostly get his way, but he faced little public criticism, even during his ultimately ill - fated defence of his company's right to sell cigarettes.

Of course there have also been massive flops, like Budweiser's ill - fated Bud.tv and the abysmal ABC sitcom based on Geico's Cavemen characters.

Founded by the creator of ill - fated music sharing service Imeem (which quietly died in a fire sale to MySpace), Picplz already has an Android version available in addition to iPhone and offers similar quirky filters for photos.

Part of that was an ill - fated attempt to take over Circuit City, which went bankrupt soon afterward.

The Conservatives» first attempt to get rid of the subsidy, announced in the fall of 2008, triggered the ill - fated bid by opposition parties to form a coalition and replace Harper's minority.

One of my biggest investing regrets is Netflix back in 2011 when they announced the ill - fated price increase.

In examples that appear to be modelled after the ill - fated e-Gold service, FinCEN describes the typical activities of these types of entity as the electronic distribution of digital certificates of ownership of real currencies or precious metals.»

Investors remember the pain of IAG sinking $ 1.75 billion into its ill - fated British expansion plans in the mid-2000s under CEO Michael Hawker.

The share of global corporate earnings attributable to non-US companies is at a 13 - year low of 43 %.7 Not since the aftermath of the ill - fated technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) bubble has the United States commanded such an overwhelming share of global corporate profits.

Unlike the ill - fated Timothy Wolfe, who had a career as a businessman, creatures of academia such as Salovey and Chodosh know the Kabuki dance of aggrieved protest and multicultural affirmation.

Bic's attempt to reach out to that always - hard - to - tackle female market with a special brand of «Bic for Her» was an ill - fated move from the start.

As I pondered that question, along with my recollections of past Ash Wednesdays, there came to mind an ill - fated communion service which I once led at a confirmation retreat.

The appeal of the communist movement today is at root the same as that of the ill - fated fascist movements of the 1930's and 1940's in Germany, Italy, and Japan.

to pen the script for the ill - fated comic book villain movie, which was expected to reverse the bad taste in the collective mouths of the public from

(director Daren Aronofsky's ill - fated attempt to tell the story of Genesis to Revelation through a series of uninvited house guests), Christianity plays a role in the stories that drive our culture.

The Justice Department has been accused of stonewalling an investigation into the ill - fated anti-gunrunning operation that left one Border Patrol agent dead.

Come to think of it, though, she was also involved in the ill - fated and unnecessary Friends spinoff, Joey.

I have this whole bag of popcorn in my pantry from an ill - fated wok - popped popcorn recipe... this technique / recipe will definitely help me use it up.

It's a brand considered so valuable it green - lit its own network, now possibly an ill - fated endeavor for ESPN, thanks in large part to the Horns» failure to finish in the top 10 of any poll since 2009.

While Bunning is getting lost in the congressional camaraderie down on the floor, you get lost in the memories of that perfect game on Fathers Day, of the ill - fated ending to that year, of all the 19 - win seasons and the 1 - 0 losses, and — talk about prolific winners — of those nine children of his.

This man was one of Brazil's striking options during their ill - fated home World Cup this year — that surely says it all doesn't it.

But there's a good case, brought to our attention since the ending of the game, that the last ill - fated snap shouldn't have happened, anyway.

The Black Cats kept Spurs at bay for the opening stages of the second period, but an ill - fated switch to three at the back from Allardyce and the introduction of new signing Jan Kirchhoff changed the game.

By signing with Hitch, himself an unlucky owner of the ill - fated WFL Detroit Wheels, Cash and Northrup gave some credibility to the new league.

«A fearless guy, smart, brave and respected by his troops,» recalls retired colonel Philip Michaud, who at the time was a captain commanding the ill - fated battery of 105s.

The Italian knows Spurs sporting director Franco Baldini as well as anyone and has a superb track - record, barring his ill - fated spell in charge of England.

Mourinho has played eleven cup finals in his career and lost only one of them — the 2 - 1 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Copa Del Rey in his ill - fated final season in charge of Real Madrid, by which point he had lost the dressing room, a rare occurance in a career in which he has been largely adored by his players for his winning mentality and superb man - management skills.

United finally let Valdes leave his ill - fated spell at the club this week when he left to join Belgian outfit Standard Liege on loan for the remainder of the season.

You have to feel a little bit sorry for the young Arsenal star Calum chambers, unless you are a German of course, because once again the three lions were knocked out of an international competition by the cruellest possible method, the ill - fated penalty shootout.

Many called for Hodgson's head after England's limp World Cup collapse, but the former Liverpool boss deserves huge credit for rebuilding a side that so badly needed the likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, the last remaining debris of that ill - fated «Golden Generation», to retire from international duty and allow for a new start.

I can understand the feelings of the Arsenal and France international star Matthieu Debuchy, who has declared once again that he is keen to call time on his ill fated spell in north London and is hoping that the January transfer window which is about to open will see him join another club at which he will get more time on the pitch.

The team first existed in the ill - fated North American Soccer League of the 1970s.

One of Greenberg's latter - day efforts was the expansion of his Canadian Ace Brewery (originally a Capone property) in New York State through an ill - fated distributing company known as World Champions, Inc..

While Arsenal fans were plunged into the depths of despair yesterday after the ill fated 14 minute flight to face Norwich City, with our star man Alexis Sanchez picking up the hamstring injury, Laurent Koscielny limping off with a painful hip problem and Arsene Wenger revealing that Cazorla had finished the game on «one leg», it is now looking a little bit brighter.