Ill Starred

A wise man knows that some situations are simply ill-starred, where all of our words and all of our actions turn against us. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He became "hungry" after two years away from dug-outs, taken by the "long-term objective" and recognising the need to be "more patient" after an ill-starred spell at Derby. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Canada's DMCA: unnecessary, ill-starred and doomed - Boing Boing ❋ Unknown (2009)

• An ill-starred match with a calculator in the Family section From the home front, 29 January, page 8 led to a massive miscalculation of the odds at the news that Lowry Dairsley and Matt Rigby's three children were born in the same minute of 7.43 between 2005 and 2011 as being 300 billion to one. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's a century since Captain Scott's ill-starred expedition to the south pole. ❋ Unknown (2012)

As we read on to learn the characters' uncertain fates and the outcome of an assortment of thwarted or ill-starred romances, the novel is so enjoyable that it's easy to miss the more serious moral questions Goodman means to ask. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He had an ill-starred spell in August, too, when Ipswich let in 12 goals in two games. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But he has now recollected, one assumes through a careful review of his files, that he did indeed transmit warnings to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, although it is unclear whether Peter MacKay or the ill-starred Maxime Bernier held that office at the time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Neither of those ill-starred projects drew on truly innovative ideas or tactical maneuvers. ❋ Michael Brenner (2011)

By 2012, Palin will be among the smallest footnotes of American political history, but you have to give her credit: she certainly helped sink the ill-starred candidacy of John McCain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After looking second best to Morgan Parra, the France scrum‑half unless the new coach, Philippe Saint-André, continues the ill-starred World Cup experiment of Parra at fly‑half, Youngs scampered to make Julian Salvi's try and with Flood putting in some alert work and clever tactical kicking, Clermont spent the final two minutes on the back foot. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The other is Queen Catherine Parr, who had been his friend before she had the dubious honor of becoming the last of Henry VIII's six, mostly ill-starred wives. ❋ Patrick Anderson (2011)

A tale of lust, class, treachery and retribution, Middleton's early 17th-century tragedy (the exact date of composition is disputed) follows the ill-starred loves of three women grappling for autonomy in patriarchal Florence. ❋ Celia Wren (2010)

The club's record signing has struggled for fitness and consistent form for over a year and often appeared disillusioned during Roy Hodgson's ill-starred reign. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Welles put his distinctive stamp on this haunting adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's canonical novel playing the brooding, ill-starred baron who falls for his humble governess, movingly played by the fresh-faced Fontaine. ❋ Unknown (2010)