Sentences with phrase «plain bad luck»

Behind every homeless person there is a story that may include brutal behaviour, drunkenness, crazy personalities, comprehension difficulties, plain bad luck and more.

Otherwise, it is plain bad luck.

And as so many other people have pointed out, we don't * need * to invoke sabotage; plain bad luck accounts for all of it.

APB was an incredibly ambitious project, but a combination of poor marketing, a slew of launch issues and just plain bad luck resulted in its abrupt termination.

The best plans can crumble as players argue about what to do, or somebody slips up, or just plain bad luck intervenes.

Have a financial plan in mind and stick to it, including provisions for just plain bad luck.

Sometimes it's through carelessness but even more often it's a case of plain bad luck.

These are the stocks of otherwise strong companies whose stock is at depressed levels due to poor recent performance, industry factors or just plain bad luck.

I've seen deals that were made for a lot of money that fell flat, due to a number of variables (and these can range from editors leaving the house to the sales force not getting behind it to just plain bad luck....

It's plain bad luck.

Refn sees him as the consummate professional in the mold of a Michael Mann hero, but Sallis» story, adapted by Hossein Amini, throws him into a situation where his dexterity and talent are met by overwhelming force and plain bad luck.

But here's the really interesting part for me: in a Coen brothers film, you can never be entirely sure if good really defeated evil or if evil destroyed itself, through overconfidence or inattention or just plain bad luck.

So is just plain bad luck, if you're like me.

The question of why Scott's party floundered «is a big issue,» says University of Southern California antarctic expert Donald Manahan, who says historians still debate whether poor planning, disease, or just plain bad luck doomed the party.

As mentioned above we've had our fair share of bad coaching decisions, weird personnel decisions, and just plain bad luck too.

Think we are all tired of the muscular injuries some of our players keep getting — but injuries like Giroud and Debuchy sustained were just plain bad luck.

What they do not mention is that once an entire field has been created — with careers, funding, appointments, and prestige all premised upon an experimental result which was utterly false due either to fraud or to plain bad luck — pointing this fact out is not likely to be very popular.

While some have been criticized for not giving enough attention to the murder victims, the shows no doubt are contributing to the debate over the role that factors such as race, class, privilege, and (sometimes) plain bad luck can play in matters of criminal justice.

Others are victims of bad judgment, bad advice, or just plain bad luck.

Or was it the economy, just plain bad luck or any number of challenges that the company faced, is facing or will face?

Not exact matches

I think the blame lies more within Republican Party elites, the center - right electorate, and plain old bad luck than with the nominating system.

Its not bad luck its a total lack of foresight and just plain bad management.

Even on the brink of rescue, nothing is easy and miscalculations, as well as just plain dumb bad luck doom that enterprise.

On the passive side, EyeSight is just the latest in a long list of hidden goodies baked into Subarus that are just waiting to protect us from ourselves, other drivers, the elements or plain old bad luck.

Distractions, lapses in judgment, and plain old bad luck are a part of every day life.

But Mother Nature, a hesitant economy, and just plain old bad luck conspired to give automakers plenty of ups and downs.

Fortunately, whether you find yourself in this tough position because of spending too much, unexpected setbacks, inadequate planning or plain old bad luck, there are ways to improve your situation, if you're willing to act quickly and be creative and resourceful.

Canine miscommunication, running into the «wrong» dog, and plain old bad luck may all lead to a dog fight.

While it's definitely bad to repeat a failure mode in consecutive flights, the truth is that getting to orbit is simply damned hard to do, and plain old bad luck has an outsized influence on things.

So how much of your loss is due to the machinations of the house, versus plain old bad luck?

In that case, you may be tempted to experience a recent betrayal as an expression of your fate, instead of plain old bad luck.

I can top all of you being in a wait and see relationship for 24 years, good times, great sex but no respect; it has taken me this long to realize that love doesn't hurt; love cares what the other person's needs are and tries to fulfill them; the plain truth is that this guy is a user out of our good nature; the worse of the worse because they know the feelings and hurt in someone and they continue to take, string along to fulfill their own needs; it isn't about how much we love them; it is about how little that they love us; no one lets a person that they truly love be in pain, year after year; it is a defect in their make up and a defect in ours to stay and settle for less than we deserve; there is love after this and we have to learn to love ourself enough to stop this pain on our own behalf; mine has thrown me out like an old shoe over and over and I forgive him, not now; I forgive myself for wasting time and need to move on to find someone who isn't selfish and using; I can't change him, I can only change me and that I am going to do; there is a saying that if you aren't over him you are under him, exactly l see you and best of luck to my poor replacement.