Sentences with phrase «unfortunate name»

Centuries later, they returned, only to discover Earth had already been recolonized by an alien race with the rather unfortunate name of the Narc.

Some were always a joke; others became a joke; and others were simply cursed with unfortunate names which meant they never got off the ground.

Last Thursday the Indian government unveiled a prototype of an iPad - like touch - screen tablet device (with the rather unfortunate name Sakshat) and a price tag of... Read more

Perhaps I should start in Nurnberg in the early thirteenth century, where a woman with the most unfortunate name of Adelheit Rotter retreated from a life that she thought was sinful to become a Beguine — women who, though not officially associated with the Church, were inspired to live an impoverished life in imitation of Christ.

The winners in categories not included at the recent Sports Emmy awards: Best Crawl Scores, to CNN Headline News, which pioneered the highlighting of winners in yellow; Most Unfortunate Name Association, to George Michael (Sports Machine), who risks being confused with the singer recently arrested for lewd conduct; and the Brett Haber Disappearing Act Award, to former NBC play - by - foreplay man Marv Albert.

The Final Fantasy IX insanity run lives up to its somewhat unfortunate name.

I know that «Horrid Shithead» is a rather unfortunate name, I realize that he's 49 years old, and I understand that our scout, James Graham, is not very high on him.

Here's the good news: Although they might have an unfortunate name, unsecured personal loans can also be found from reputable lenders.

Some wonderful options are hypnobirthing (an unfortunate name for an excellent course; instructors who are also lactation consultants find that the women who take their birth course are not the women who need to come to them for breastfeeding help later on), Lamaze International (which has undergone a marvelous evolution in the past generation), and the Bradley Method.

Despite its unfortunate name, ringworm has nothing to do with worms.

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Despite the unfortunate name.

What an unfortunate name for Penn's character.

Thomas Jane, who could have been a huge superstar were it not for his unfortunate name, turns in another great performance and Jane Adams is masterful as his luny yet focused pimp.

Unfortunate concept; unfortunate name.

I too had an unfortunate name; my surname.

Motorola did the DROID XYBOARD no favors with its unfortunate name, and with the device coming out in a timeframe just before the advent of quad - core processors, this tablet ended up out in the cold.

Some of the Amazon review trolls even accused superstar author Anne Rice of being a fraud because she writes under the name Anne, which she has used since she was five, since her parents gave her the unfortunate name of Harold Allen.

When they run out of space or funding, most euthanize animals to make room for new arrivals if they're unable to transport to other rescue groups, earning the unfortunate name «kill» shelter.

The beginning of the end most likely came in 1997, when the release of An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn gave the alias (played by Eric Idle) his first leading role in a motion picture, as «a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee [who] realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big budget action film he knows is horrible.»

Stinking hellebore, despite its unfortunate name, is a very welcome sight in the early spring.

Something I discovered only days after the Climategate (I guess that unfortunate name is going to stick) story broke, I finally noticed a comment on my blog on the night of the release notifying me and my readers of the availability of the email file.

The app has the unfortunate name of Legal Newsance.

Google's Android Device manager, which allows you to do things like locate, lock, or wipe a lost device is a nifty tool with an unfortunate name - it doesn't tell you much about what it actually does.