Even by the standards of destitution in these camps, Mr. Mohammad's story is a hard-luck one; Khan was the eighth of his nine children to die. ❋ Dorian De Wind (2012)
Dallas and Miami met just five years ago in the NBA Finals, but Boston and Vancouver are hard-luck franchises that have been itching for a title since Nixon was secretly dancing to "Ziggy Stardust" in the Oval Office. ❋ Jason Gay (2011)
Tom Wilson Sr, the creator of the hard-luck comic strip character Ziggy, has died, his family have said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Then our hypothetical borrower can refinance at the market rate of 5.27% (very optimistic, I know, given the likely credit history), lowering the monthly payment to $1383.61 Our hypothetical unemployed hard-luck case will still have to come up with $688.84 for the next two years, before the federal money runs out. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The hard-luck astronaut, who was replaced by Steve Bowen, appeared in good spirits. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Such hard-luck stories haven't slowed the hunt for the next great investment. ❋ Dinny McMahon (2012)
On the other hand, he possibly spent more money in relieving hard-luck cases than did the wildest of the new millionaires on insane debauchery. ❋ Unknown (2010)
During two decades as the court's most consistent conservative, he has taken a tough approach to criminal defendants' cases, showing a disdain for hard-luck tales of bad childhoods and a conviction that defendants accept responsibility. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Tom leaves behind a wonderful legacy in Ziggy, a hard-luck comics page hero who serves as a reflection of Tom's endearing wit and optimism in the face of adversity, McMeel said in a statement. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Lindsay-Abaire, who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Rabbit Hole," his absorbing study of a grieving family that became a movie with Nicole Kidman, is working in a more acerbically comic vein in "Good People," the story of McDormand's Margaret Walsh, a hard-luck single mom and lifelong denizen of heavily Irish working-class South Boston. ❋ Unknown (2011)
But everybody's got a hard-luck story including Vidal Sassoon. ❋ Marshall Fine (2011)
The hard-luck Barnes even had his own Greg Norman-like disaster when competitor Craig Kanada chipped in not once but twice to beat him for a Tour card in 2006. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The White House also invited many of the real people behind the hard-luck stories Obama invoked repeatedly in his year-long quest for the bill's passage. ❋ Unknown (2010)
—The $57-a-night Motel Caswell, magnet for hard-luck cases, police patrol cars and the occasional drug deal, is the unlikely prize in a high-stakes tug-of-war between conservative legal activists and the government. ❋ John R. Emshwiller (2011)
That goes double for Coach Eric Taylor, who lost not only his best players but also his team, having been maneuvered out of Dillon High and exiled to hard-luck East Dillon. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The industry is full of hard-luck stories about one-hit wonders, and we were adamant that that not be our fate. ❋ Steve Dennis (2011)
"Everybody knows umbrellas cost more in the rain" sets up the hard-luck tale of "Talking at the Same Time." ❋ Jim Fusilli (2011)
An extraordinary return man like his father, Terry, a star with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1970s (those hard-luck, Cardiac Cardinals are well-represented on our roster, too), Eric Metcalf led the league in all-purpose yards in 1993, and his 12 non-offensive touchdowns are tied for sixth-most all-time. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Plenty of people dwelling in the area's riverbottoms tell elaborate hard-luck stories that are made up, or only partly true; those folks make it difficult for people like Frye — the victim of a bureaucratic mixup — to get help, Leonard says. ❋ Unknown (2010)
[God] [I'm tired] of being Sears' hard luck harry. ❋ Dmccowan (2008)
