&#39;Could have been worse&#39; not much consolation
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The Gulf Coast had a Category 4 hurricane on its doorstep Thursday morning. There were several doors it could have knocked down to make landfall in the continental United States.
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You can look at this one in two ways: a dramatic comeback that fell just short, or a stinging defeat at home to the team with the worst record in the NBA.
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This one would really, really, really have hurt had it not ended the way it did. There would have been the inevitable comparisons to the same disheartening defeat three days earlier against Sacramento. There would be six days to stew over it. There would be a sub-.500 record at the All-Star break and, well, who needed that ?
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Competition usually means better odds for the gambler. Here's a case where the game got worse.
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Real Madrid&#39;s loss at Espanyol brought a numbing end to a miserable week whose only positive outcome has been the realisation that some soul-searching and a collective look in the mirror are overdue.
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It may have been beyond expectation for Berti Vogts to include an outright apology within yesterday&#39;s resignation statement, but the failure to accept any blame brought a suitably unsatisfactory end to his reign.
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THESE moments donât come along very often, so theyâre worth savouring. The only thing that would have made Britainâs rowing victory more enjoyable would have been if I, or anybody else peering from the
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Given that we&#39;re in the final days before a big election, Steve Ballmer could have picked a quieter time to do his campaigning.
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IT WOULD have been obtuse to miss the streak of smug satisfaction in the Western response to the seizure by Al-Qaeda&#39;s Pakistani allies of two Chinese engineers working on Pakistan&#39;s
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It&#39;s almost certainly too little too late, although after what took place here on Saturday afternoon the rope reserved for the head coach has been put aside for the time being.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, United States : Humiliation from the worst American defeat in the Ryder Cup&#39;s 77-year history had barely registered when United States golfers faced an even bleaker thought - the future.
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The news is less bleak than expected so far, but that doesn't mean things are good yet.
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As bad as they were, the 2007 housing start numbers probably should have been worse.
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Preparing for the worst isn't a bad idea--even in the best of times.
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When you&#39;re (at worst) co-champion of league that didn&#39;t particularly want you, in a year when you were picked to finish in the middle of the pack, you have the right to smile.
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Oddly enough, good news can be bad, and vice versa.
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The silver lining on a dark cloud of a night wasn't the result, but rather the work.