| 单词 | misfortune |
| 例句 | I began to resign myself to my misfortune and to ask no longer that she be resurrected but simply that I would arrive in time to see her one last time before they buried her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano, whose mysterious intuition had become sharpened with the misfortune, felt a glow of clairvoyance when he saw her come in. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In our lives there is no margin for misfortune. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was never intended for all of us to go forward. You just had the misfortune to be with me.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It had fallen to her, like some undeserved misfortune, to teach me courtly behavior and guide my education. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Once the source of their personal misfortune was identified, they had leave to protect and love one another. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They get into arguments and they say to one another, “It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Then he went to Tortoise and told him of his misfortune, asking him to help him to bury his mother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z One is not supposed to laugh at other people’s misfortunes, but I could picture the scene in my mind so perfectly, it caused me to laugh until my sides hurt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I could not smile, and the ease with which he accepted the misfortune irritated me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lord Himself guided her hands, and no misfortune would occur except by the will of God. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘Hold your tongue, boy. I thought misfortune had taught you patience.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I also am unfortunate; I and my family have been condemned, although innocent; judge, therefore, if I do not feel for your misfortunes.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I will keep it. I might have given it as a gift, but now it is my misfortune and my life and I will keep it.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Time enough for Cora to take stock of her journey from Randall and make a thick braid of her misfortunes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the contrary, beauty remains, even in misfortune. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Through all his misfortunes they were faithful to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The first is the probability of not being afflicted with any of a variety of diseases, accidents, or other misfortunes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “But who knows what misfortunes would befall us on the streets?” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Too many people, in my opinion, maintain a “Why me?” attitude toward their misfortunes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I could get lost in someone else’s misfortunes for a change. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He was so happy about his gifts that he forgot his misfortunes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times they started to build a city, but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he looked so proud and fine people thought he must be a great gentleman’s son in misfortune. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In later life, a mixture of blessings and misfortunes drew them ever closer together. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Cutting your hair was believed to bring misfortune to you. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The misfortune of Harriet’s cold had been pretty well gone through before her arrival. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z If faith held true, this meant his misfortunes had only just begun, whether she minded her tongue or not. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I might say to my own credit, as I needed every bit of credit available in those days, that I did not rejoice over Caroline’s misfortune. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There is jeering at the misfortunes of others. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They only had the misfortune to have me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If I spilt salt, I should toss a pinch over my left shoulder to ward off misfortune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The more I stared at the words, the more I began to realize I have been blessed through someone else’s misfortune. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But if people received their just portion of misfortune, what had she done to bring her troubles on herself? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Therefore, as was said, a prince who does not understand military matters, besides other misfortunes, cannot be esteemed by his own soldiers, nor can he trust them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z His misfortune was that he saw a cherry tree in a garden. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a terrible misfortune, and for a moment Milligan seemed his old grim self. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Their misfortune began one day at Briny Beach. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Heaven forbid! That would be the greatest misfortune of all! To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! Do not wish me such an evil.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “He remembered,” she read on in a loud, clear voice, “and he was determined to be avenged—avenged upon those who were the cause of all this misfortune, whose cruelty poisoned the whole world.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The next thing after was a piece of our misfortune, the like of that which has been on me all the while. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father was about to have a heart attack, and my memories of her now are tinged with a blue wash of misfortune that hadn’t quite befallen her at the time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Preoccupied by her uncomfortable refuge and the parade of misfortunes since the slave catchers found them out, Cora did not immediately notice an important feature of the park: Everyone was white. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was the only one of Tantalus’ descendants not marked out by misfortune. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To him the occasional misfortunes of life were simply part of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Meggie was clutching the book tightly, as if that were the only way of preventing yet more misfortunes from creeping out of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He has the misfortune of adoring foreign words without knowing what they mean. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z No chains fastened Cora’s misfortunes to her character or actions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The plant that poisoned him wasn’t toxic, per se; McCandless simply had the misfortune to eat moldy seeds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Harren and all his line had perished in the fires that engulfed his monstrous fortress, and every house that held Harrenhal since had come to misfortune. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pretty Boy was singing away in my room right now, so I was pretty sure he had lived through whatever misfortune had befallen him. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “The curse was this: the keeper of the stone would live forever, but so long as he kept it, misfortunes would fall on all those he loved one after another in unending rain.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All of their daughters were visited by great misfortunes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What he read was that I was an honest man, a steadily employed, tireless worker, loyal to the firm that employed him, well liked, and sympathetic to the misfortunes of others. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It looks as though a wild animal clawed her to shreds and she had the misfortune of surviving. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His way of talking to Mr. Norton had been a foreshadowing of my misfortune—just as I had sensed that it would be. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He saw her life was hard, full of misfortune and torment at the hands of demons and bad men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A man who had never done any wrong to anybody else had a great misfortune happen to him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z They were just out on their regular patrol, and it was our misfortune that we chose the same street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Electra is your wife. You cannot abandon her. As for me—it is no misfortune for me to die.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But our uncle, who had been wallowing in his misfortune for so long after losing his farm up north, isn’t wallowing anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So what do you do if you’re an athletic young Czech with the misfortune to have been born in the last part of the year? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In another, misfortune had merely bided time: There was no escape. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Years before his arrival in Athens, a terrible misfortune had happened to the city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One day you’d think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune Father said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “May all your children fall sick! May you outlive every one of them! May the gods heap misfortune on your head!” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For perhaps the first time ever, there was no gloating over the misfortunes of Midland. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Of enjoyment at the fact that his brother-in-law’s money couldn’t protect him from this misfortune? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They probably had left them open, as is customary in an apartment in which a huge misfortune has taken place. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z It might take a while, and there might be a lot • - of politicking involved, but eventually New York bounced back from any misfortune. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But because I keep reminding myself of the incident that brought this misfortune upon me, I realize that if someone brought pockmarked Jell-O right now and told me to eat it, I would. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Zeus’s jealous wife, Hera, was the direct cause of her misfortunes, but back of them all was Zeus himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no explaining a series of misfortunes like that. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “His misfortunes!” repeated Darcy contemptuously; “yes, his misfortunes have been great indeed.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “No, this is what I want, but it is my misfortune instead to be hungry, out of humor, and too stupid to be a midwife’s apprentice.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time of which I am telling you he had been subjected to a series of misfortunes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After Pentheus died they fled from Thebes as if trying to flee also from misfortune. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because a few days ago, when I was riding the stallion, it threw me and I broke both my legs. Again, I bemoaned my misfortune.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was the only good the casket had held among the many evils, and it remains to this day mankind’s sole comfort in misfortune. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. It was my great misfortune to arrive after his death. They tell great things of him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Burnside laughs ruefully, as if taking pleasure in Stu’s misfortune. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z However, Ma also says that Keav has the misfortune to like to gossip and argue too much. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the later years of his life Theseus married Ariadne’s sister Phaedra, and thereby drew down terrible misfortunes on her and on himself and on his son Hippolytus, the son the Amazon had borne him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Little bit more than that,” he answered and went ahead to tell her about his own involvement in another of Tar Baby’s misfortunes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They were all under the spell of his misfortune. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They would keep a minimal crew, all former sailors who had made their way into the ranks of the Dregs through one misfortune or another. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At heart, each of them was secretly wondering whether he could not somehow turn Jones’s misfortune to his own advantage. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z When they heard of the misfortune of the people who lived by the river, the pumpkin people walked across to the houses by the river and held a meeting. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z My lapse in standing was the misfortune of being from the nouveau pauvre side of what passed for an elegant family there in the Pittsburgh of the South. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He had analyzed the abortive party and found that a misfortune had crept into every crevice, that bad luck had come up like hives on the evening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be a couple of knights who had suffocated themselves in their own helms during the course of a battle, a misfortune which frequently happened in those days of violent exercise and small vents. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who that knows what his misfortunes have been, can help feeling an interest in him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It was a misfortune she could not get used to. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But she is suffering greatly, and as she’s my servant, my soul would bear the burden of her misfortune. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The keeper of the stone would live forever, but so long as he kept it, misfortunes wouldfall on all those he loved one after another in unending rain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Time and misfortune, however, conspired against him, and he settled finally on a profession that brought him both freedom and satisfaction. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The eunuch had suggested that perhaps Littlefinger had met some misfortune on the roads. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His foreman was a man defeated by his own pessimistic views, and his news was mostly a series of misfortunes: the strawberries froze, the chickens caught the pip, the grapes rotted. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Another story about Pandora is that the source of all misfortune was not her wicked nature, but only her curiosity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We would be pitiable creatures indeed to be so weak, for is not a man’s spirit given to him to rise above his misfortunes? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z On the former score, Adams had the misfortune to become the first occupant of what he described as “the most insignificant office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Major Major’s father had a Calvinist’s faith in predestination and could perceive distinctly how everyone’s misfortunes but his own were expressions of God’s will. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He felt the structure of the veins, the pulse of its misfortune, and felt the damp palm with a lifeline cut off at the base of the thumb by the claws of death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “When planning misfortune for your friends,” he said, “be careful because it will come back to haunt you. You must always wish others well.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z It gave me such a funny feeling, as if I’d denounced them to the authorities and was now spying on their misfortune. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and misfortune is just bad luck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Everyone here constantly laughed at tragedy, as if insulting misfortune would keep it at bay. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z If the heavens were fair, wartime misfortunes would be mutually exclusive; since Baby was sick, she could not be harmed in an air raid. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z No bug that had the misfortune of finding itself under their shoes was coming out alive. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He walked slowly and asked himself ruefully what new misfortune could possibly befall him a moment before the mad hermit in the woods leaped out at him without warning from behind a mulberry bush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Their injuries turned out to be relatively minor, but still I’d felt no pleasure witnessing their misfortune. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He would earn the right with a spectacular feat of research, but to his misfortune it would not, alas, be indefinite. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This would have been the usual course for someone who met with misfortune as Crane-man had, and Tree-ear wondered why he had never asked the question before. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Mind your tongue when you speak of the dead, lest you bring them misfortune.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And when you said "Sorry” to them when they choked or tripped or encountered misfortune, they replied, eyes wide with surprise, "Oh, it’s not your fault.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I thought about Papá sitting somewhere oblivious of our misfortune. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Now she lay in wait to regale Mother with her own misfortunes at the hands of unappreciative men. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Later, Myrtilus was killed by Pelops, cursing him as he died, and some said that this was the cause of the misfortunes that afterward followed the family. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Life is rife with many moments of misfortune, which we must learn to see as opportunities. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I was beginning to realize that he loved the woman—to her misfortune. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” he said, “I thought at first that this association with Cloke was a great misfortune. Now I see it’s one of the best things that could have happened to us.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Misfortune still pursues us and this morning we lost another canoe and one of the boys was drowned. Today’s misfortune is a tragedy!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It was said that if a bat entered your home, you would meet with great misfortune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Aureliano spoke to him about the misfortune of his heart, withered and somewhat crumpled for having been raised against his sister. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A plantation was a plantation; one might think one’s misfortunes distinct, but the true horror lay in their universality. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bartender spoke to him about the misfortune of his arm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But she surprised even herself with how much she wanted misfortune to befall Travis’s killers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit had the misfortune of living in a stable whose managers simply didn’t have the time to give his mind the painstaking attention it needed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most important, it was my fault that my skin was brown and Momma's wasn't and that she had the terrible misfortune to love me anyway. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This magnificent animal bursting over the ridge at full gallop couldn’t possibly be the same lisdess, bedraggled tiger who was my companion in misfortune? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’re not making money off of people’s misfortunes,” my father is constantly reminding himself, and us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr Morgan expressed regret concerning my 'misfortune', assuring me all would be well in the morning, before going on to say how welcome I was in the village. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘It’s not always a misfortune being overlooked,’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The secret of the irrationals would cause him great misfortune. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And because it is the new year, all debts must be paid, or disaster and misfortune will follow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If they have the misfortune to run out of those provisions, even they starve to death despite their detailed knowledge of locally available wild foods. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I know of no community that has experienced all the misfortunes I describe. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “But misfortunes are commonplace, Taylor, and relative. Look at the misfortune Nick Yew has endured this year. Or Ross Wilcox. How is destroying your classmate's property going to help your father?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The source of his brittle elation was the relative smallness of his misfortune. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As we were passing the old Medusa Cement factory, I heard a long hiss and thought that my yia yia, sitting next to me, was sighing over her misfortunes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But this epiphany occurred only after the intervention of time and misfortune, when my father’s self-satisfied existence had begun to crumble beneath him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Perry, he was not convinced that a broken mirror meant seven years’ misfortune, or that a young moon if glimpsed through glass portended evil. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it seemed as if Bailey had been at fault all along, that Bailey had committed an error, had stood in the wrong place at the wrong time and had caused his own misfortune. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A more popular tool of eugenics was forced sterilization, employed on a raft of lost souls who, through misbehavior or misfortune, fell into the hands of state governments. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He who is bodily and mentally not sound and deserving may not perpetuate this misfortune in the bodies of his children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “The few instances of it that I’ve had the misfortune to witness are among the worst memories of my life. And let me assure you, I’ve lived long enough to see some truly dreadful things.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “But you remember me,” said the boy, the architect of all her misfortunes. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, my friend,” he said, and his shoulders rose a little to indicate that the misfortune was no fault of his. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not much of a stretch to posit that such a rash of misfortune dealt a serious blow to Waterman’s young psyche. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he robbed a string of banks and by misfortune he happened to shoot a bank guard and now was doing life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z By all accounts, Andre was a model British officer with impeccable manners, who had the misfortune to be caught doing his duty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The cause of all the misfortunes was held to be an ancestor, a King of Lydia named Tantalus, who brought upon himself a most terrible punishment by a most wicked deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Father said a man is the sum of his misfortunes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They watch their neighbors for signs of misfortune, and only then do they laugh. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Largely because we are much less willing to tolerate misfortune and misery. What Are the Biggest Problems Facing Us in the 21st Century? 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The idea of an “origin story”–you’re one person and then, zap!, some misfortune turns you into another–is, Lindelof argues, faulty. Is Heisenberg Dead? Walter White and the Light-Switch Theory of Morality 2013-09-24T16:44:50Z She tells me that the most moving performance in her father's career embodied personal misfortune. 'Grief is like a tsunami' 2010-07-10T23:02:00Z For “The Power Broker,” he wrote about the New York City neighborhoods destroyed by Moses’ highways, and the people who had the misfortune to be in his way. Robert Caro shares tips about his craft in ‘Working’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z This is an old story, and it has inspired many entries in the sizable canon of fictional works about the low-stakes misfortunes of thoughtful, anxious rich people, from “Pride and Prejudice” to “Girls.” Novels of White Status Anxiety 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The story of Hart Island is the story of over one million lives anonymized by time and misfortune. ‘Hart Island’ Gives Voice to Stories That Might Otherwise Be Lost 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z He walked into that theatre with his head full of Lady Edith's misfortunes: he was nervous for her, wishing her well, yet fearful that something would go wrong for her, as it always does. Just when Lady Edith thought her luck couldn't get any worse… 2012-11-11T00:06:14Z In short, Gurlitt saved much art, but he dealt in it while its rightful owners perished; he said he helped Jews, but he also profited massively from their misfortune. Wheeler-dealer 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z To lose one record collection may be regarded as misfortune; to lose a second would look like carelessness. Play it again, Mike Read: DJ's Oscar Wilde musical given another spin 2012-02-08T15:39:02Z Baldwin had the misfortune to be one of three actors competing from the same play in the same category, and he lost out to British co-star Tom Sturridge. Tony Noms: Our Critic’s Take (And the Complete List of Nominees) 2013-04-30T16:45:07Z That misfortune befalls you if tenants move out and there's not enough in the till to cover mortgage payments. Buying Buildings For Cash 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z The joke is that we are part of the family and get drawn into his tales of feuds, romances and misfortunes, according to what it says on our name tags. Little Johnny's Big Gay Wedding 2010-06-07T22:20:00Z That’s another stroke of bad luck in a movie whose worst misfortune was to stumble into the middle of anguished national debate about the kind of killer Jack Reacher means only as a plot device. Jack Reacher: Tom Cruise Picks the Wrong Week for a Thriller About a Mass Killing 2012-12-18T14:00:44Z Complaining of too much sex in a dramatisation of Lawrence is like accusing an adaptation of Hardy of too much misfortune. Rewind TV: Women in Love; The Killing 2011-03-27T00:05:34Z The other principal plotline follows the fortunes — or rather the misfortunes — of a lowly and luckless private called Sad Sack. Review: ‘Blueprint Specials’: What the Soldiers and Sailors May Have Seen in World War II Shows 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Whatever your sister-in-law’s past misdemeanours it strains credibility that your current strife is rooted in this poor woman’s regrettable decision, which even in your description can’t be considered much more than miserable misfortune. My nephew is disabled and it’s his mother’s fault | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The Lord of Heaven wanted them to sing, so he made them feed on misfortune. Ha Jin’s Self-Revealing Study of The Chinese Poet Li Bai 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z "Without consideration, scruples or respect, our family misfortune is being put on display and marketed," Ulrich Busch told Stern magazine's website. Charlotte Roche revisits mix of sex and controversy in new novel, Schossgebete 2011-08-16T14:23:35Z Sri Lanka For a quarter century, Sri Lanka seems to have been plagued by misfortune, including a brutal civil war between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority. 2010-01-09T01:05:00Z Including and especially how Lucious is the author of his own misfortune, the hallmark of epic tragedy. 'Empire' reigns among viewers on strength of characters and cast 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z In one scene Ray and Jimmy sit at the bottom of a hill so they can watch cars bottom out when they get to the bottom, laughing at other’s misfortune. Speechless: Minnie Driver's fast-paced sitcom has a lot to say 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Across Africa, the skin condition — where people are born with no pigment in their skin, eyes and hair — is often seen as an omen of misfortune. Mali singer Salif Keita highlights plight of African albinos 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Even before her illnesses, her life often was touched by misfortune. Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dies at age 84 2010-08-09T03:58:00Z When she wrote about her time living with Sachs, Leduc admitted that she bored him with her piteous tales about her childhood, but also wrote, “I am courting him with my misfortunes.” ‘Violette,’ About the French Author Violette Leduc 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Partly this is a canny use of her "misfortunes" as a step back into the limelight; she's being sent around the world to explore ideas of beauty in different cultures. Formula 1 2010-07-10T05:45:00Z Dogged by misfortune, people try to turn their lives around by competing in a reality dance show that could make or break them. Fall TV season serves up what viewers want: sci-fi, fantasy 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z God, the fates, the indifferent universe — take your pick — may choose to sprinkle a little sadness on one man’s life while drowning his neighbor in a deluge of misfortune. | 'Sons of the Prophet': ?Sons of the Prophet? at Laura Pels Theater - Review 2011-10-21T02:14:08Z By then, after a string of misfortunes, documentary evidence of his music had withered nearly to nothing. A Long-Lost Score, Rebuilt With the Help of a Photo 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Recently, visitors to the museum have claimed they've fallen into misfortune after "disrespecting" the doll. 7 allegedly haunted dolls 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z They bear the difficult knowledge that their own opportunity for success depends upon the chance of someone else’s misfortune; possibly, they even wish for it. The Thrilling Uncertainty of the Understudy 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z But he didn’t let that misfortune define him. The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero 2013-07-02T09:01:01Z Perhaps the apt comparison here is to Woody Allen, reconfiguring his idea of Jewish misfortune as wryness and working it out with a shrink. Review: John Leguizamo Goes for Easy Laughs in ‘Latin History’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z The new arrival whose whole life is a series of misfortunes is straight out of The Cherry Orchard which, we're told at one point, is playing at the Cambridge Arts. Quartermaine's Terms – review 2013-01-30T01:07:38Z Quipping through Llewyn's layered misfortune – Woody Allen with a guitar case – Isaac never lets pathos squash the humour in the Coens' superb script. Cannes 2013 round-up, week 2: Gosling for breakfast, skinflicks for lunch 2013-05-25T10:59:01Z She and Mr. Song bonded over dating misfortune while watching hours of music videos. From Fast Friends to Suddenly in Love 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Later came a series of cruel misfortunes and Archaos's subsequent financial collapse. Pierrot Bidon's Archaos: the circus that shot society in the head 2010-03-24T10:41:00Z “She now has only herself to blame for her financial and personal misfortunes.” As a Film Revives Elvis’s Legacy, the Presleys Fight Over His Estate 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z It enjoys the fortune and suffers the misfortune of being perfect for the unorthodox and not very popular hand-held PlayStation Vita. Video Game Review: Tearaway Is Designed for the PlayStation Vita 2013-12-16T23:11:11Z The World Service's misfortune was to be controlled by the Foreign Office. My hero: the BBC World Service by Jeremy Paxman 2011-01-29T00:06:21Z The next day, the skies cleared, as did our misfortune. Want to tour the world for a year? Here’s how to save, prepare, travel and reenter. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z That reduces the pool to members who live in or around New York or, who through some misfortune, find themselves in the city in early January. How Godard's movie beat 'Boyhood' at National Society of Film Critics 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z His son’s death is the latest in a string of misfortune for Bobby Brown. Singer Bobby Brown’s son found dead at Los Angeles home 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Carrie Buck had the misfortune of being the first Virginia resident chosen for compulsory sterilization. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z And that was only the most glaring misfortune of a three-day trip to Puerto Rico's west coast in which I managed to squeeze in beach, bar and restaurant time between my many mishaps. Frugal Traveler: In Puerto Rico, a Rental Car as a Bed and a Closed Cafe for Lunch 2010-10-13T03:00:00Z His great misfortune was that he confused art with life. Books of The Times: Victorian Goddesses, a Real Wife and a Sour Marriage 2011-06-21T21:35:19Z "Any misfortune, from losing a family member to losing a game of cards, can push people below the level they need to eat," he says. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z That she loves the prince is a misfortune her character allows her neither to act on nor to deny. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z The story finally kicks into gear when the musketeer Athos, played by Ben Cunis, reads a letter about his son’s misfortune even as we watch it playing out in a gorgeous slow-motion battle. Synetic’s ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ has action and unexpected melodrama 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z In a pathetic attempt at redemption, Tiffany enters a community dance competition in aid of a police charity, but it is now her misfortune to become enamoured of a local guy called Pat. Silver Linings Playbook – review 2012-11-22T10:24:01Z Could their misfortune stem from a freak accident on Dickie and Imelda’s wedding day, when a bee got caught under her veil? 24 Works of Fiction to Read This Summer 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z “The lords of land and war did not lose a drop of blood, while two barefoot peoples avenged their identical misfortunes by killing each other with abandon,” he wrote. Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Voice of Anti-Capitalism, Is Dead at 74 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In this interpretation, car theft isn't some random misfortune suffered by a wealthy man, but a symptom, somehow, of the undeserving reaping the fruit of honest people's labor. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z There are echoes of Malamud and portents of “Da Five Bloods” as it tracks the misfortunes of a baseball phenom drafted into the Army. These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Out of personal misfortune came a new business idea: They would become liquidators, buying off-price merchandise from other stressed store owners. Is This the Best-Kept Secret in Fashion? 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z They’re capable of taking scrabbling, small advantage of a rich country’s misfortune, because they live in the cracks. David Simon, J. Cole, Patricia Lockwood and Others on Social Issues as Manifested in Art 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Most of his hundreds of songs deal with relationships, misfortune and a romantic nostalgia punctuated with irony. Charles Aznavour, beloved French crooner, dies at 94 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Roosevelt's successors included Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, who seemed unmoved by those same Americans as they presided blandly over economic misfortunes, culminating in the Great Depression. 'To Make Men Free' is a timely tale of the ever-changing GOP 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z There are really two basic kinds of heartache: of misfortune and of intent. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Does the painful history matter when an ex seems new and improved? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Amy is rich, but not Jordan rich, reminding us that no matter how good we have it, misfortune always rolls downhill with the rest of the feces. "Beef" serves up a sizzling hot, blackly comedic revenge story to feed our ongoing panger 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z He detailed his nightmares about misfortunes befalling his wife and three sons during his long absences, and his frustrating efforts to set up self-sufficient potteries in Ghana and Nigeria. Antiques: Michael Cardew, British Ceramist, Is Subject of a Biography 2012-12-21T05:27:15Z The film, with sweeping questions of family, time, misfortune and regret, is almost wholly lacking in contrived sentiment. Setsuko Hara, Japanese movie star of exquisite power, dies at 95 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It was bombed heavily during World War II and, mirroring the city's economic misfortunes, began a gradual decline until redevelopment in 1981. Five Reasons to Visit Liverpool 2012-10-21T15:00:00Z And with these illusions in place we pretend lunacy, crime and addiction aren't right there waiting for us should misfortune find us. Darkness in literature: Philip K Dick's A Scanner Darkly 2012-12-17T13:26:21Z In fact “The Pale King” is in some ways an ode to stasis and perseverance, to the human ability to endure all the slings and arrows of monotony and everyday misfortune. Books of The Times: Maximized Revenue, Minimized Existence 2011-03-31T21:14:33Z This novel is about an unhappy girl who blames others for her misfortunes and travels back in time to learn the truth. Reader reviews roundup 2013-05-10T08:48:15Z Eliot was famously homely, but the trait that was her misfortune as a woman was the making of her as a novelist. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z Though the disappearance was unforeseeable — involving, among other misfortunes, a car crash, a wanton tide and a shallow grave — every step leading up to it gets full scrutiny. Privileged lives are thrown into chaos in Maile Meloy's page-turning novel 'Do Not Become Alarmed' 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Nor do the Horatio Alger stories that newspapers and magazines love running about the tiny minority of laid-off creatives who manage to “reinvent” themselves and turn their misfortune into an opportunity. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z Its view of humanity was often bleak: Many characters are often outcasts, or unstable, or lost, and the horrors that shadow them are the results of vice or misfortune. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Her secret joy at someone else's misfortune is ghastly to behold. Cannes 2014 awards: Timothy Spall an anchor in a stormy night of surprises 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z And each supports the framework the director builds of the interlocking stories of broken lives, revealing in music the heartbreak of misfortune, but also that renewable human resource — hope. Review | Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You’ll want to journey to Broadway’s ‘North Country’ 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z By the time the famous German novelist realizes what Maurice has done to him, he must admit, “I had, quite literally, been the author of my own misfortune.” Review | A ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ pursues literary fame in ‘A Ladder to the Sky’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “Bombshell” sympathetically tracks her downward spiral without reducing her to the sum of her misfortunes. Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and Inventor 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z LaVette calls this seeming yen for misfortune “buzzard luck,” but beginning around 2003, her fortunes began to change with a string of critically acclaimed albums. Bettye LaVette Didn’t Know the Beatles’ ‘Blackbird.’ Then It Helped Her Fly. 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Daly lends Forrest a naivete, desperate optimism and an imperviousness to self-awareness as he eagerly strolls into misfortunes sane people strive to avoid. An unexamined life: “Review” returns for one last joke on its sadly hilarious host 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Her days of poverty may have been consigned to the past but her propensity for extraordinary misfortune was about to make a spectacular comeback. Tiffany Haddish: on Girls Trip, saving the Hollywood comedy and the Dickensian horror of her life story 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z “It doesn’t surprise me that many Cubans, who came a long time ago, don’t want to hear music that reminds them of the misfortune of abandoning their country, their family, their life,” Rodríguez said. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Oddly enough, my publishing misfortune spurred a fascination with Nabokov that continues to this day. Review | Nabokov unplugged: A new collection of his essays delivers unvarnished opinions 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z To Alan's great misfortune, he proves effective in helping Sam, and as a result, Sam kidnaps Alan and chains him to a bed in the basement. It's "difficult to curb his impulses": "The Patient" star Domnhall Gleeson on a killer in therapy 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Few could forget the misfortunes that befell a homeless young couple and their children in Cathy Come Home, a programme that shocked the nation and was instrumental in the formation of the charity Shelter. Tony Imi obituary 2010-04-26T17:30:00Z No one job or path is going to eliminate worry or uncertainty or random misfortune. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z Jonathan Keates’s “Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel’s Masterpiece” is distinguished by its premise — that although the “Messiah” became a “cult object” after George Frideric Handel’s death, that fate was a “misfortune.” The Last Civic Remnant of Authentic Spirituality at Christmastime 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The tortured dreamers and schemers of his autumnal writing scrabble after the minimal comforts — sex and alcohol, or maybe just companionship in misfortune — that can still provide furtive moments of pleasures in bleak lives. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z His father, an impoverished intellectual, taught at a mediocre grammar school that had the misfortune to be not far from Marlborough College, an elite private school. Books of The Times: ?William Golding,? the Lighter Side, by John Carey 2010-07-06T23:03:00Z With any luck, along with another resident's fatal misfortune, Mabel, Oliver and Charles might catch another mystery to solve. "Only Murders in the Building" bridges Boomer and Millennial sensibilities for a comedy that slays 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Donald hopscotches from one dead-end gig to the next, partaking in, as the authors put it, the “frantic chase for money” that propels Duckburg’s “whirligig of misfortune.” The Book That Exposed the Cynical Politics of Donald Duck 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z In the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1974, a single mother tries to protect her daughter from misfortune, but history has a way of repeating itself. 50 notable works of fiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z After you have read these stories of great misfortunes and greater stupidity, perhaps you will accuse me of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. Calling out the saddest sacks of 2021, a reckoning by Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's ... friends 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Many of these directors, some not nearly as technically gifted as Aronofsky, have travelled entire odysseys of acclaim and misfortune since then, while he is treading similar water. Black Swan is enjoyable enough, but what its director needs is a good action movie 2011-01-15T00:05:53Z In another he poses as a moody teenager, gripped by a melancholy that can lead to genius or misfortune. J.M. Coetzee’s Boyhood, in Black and White 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z I don’t think your suffering and misfortune are somehow deserved or right or useful or, heaven forbid, visited upon you by some deity as a teaching. I lash out at my boyfriend 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z During her session she gets emotional, and it’s hard not to be moved by her childhood misfortunes. | 'Bethenny Getting Married?': Bethanny Frankel, Possibly Happy at Last, on Bravo 2010-06-09T21:35:00Z Every Haitian descendant owes their presence in Cuba to some kind of awful misfortune, which is why many prefer not to boast about their heritage. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z The misfortune is that the information is not yet common knowledge, especially in the sense that human behavior is what leads to companion animal attacks. The American Pit Bull Foundation Responds to 'The Problem With Pit Bulls' Article 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z And that was only the most glaring misfortune of a three-day trip to Puerto Rico’s west coast in which I managed to squeeze in beach, bar and restaurant time between my many mishaps. Frugal Traveler: In Puerto Rico, a Rental Car as a Bed and a Closed Cafe for Lunch 2010-10-13T03:00:00Z Then they throw up their hands, lament their misfortune and cast the bankable Hollywood star they were always going to cast anyway. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Norma dreams of being a boldface name again, yet gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, as herself, feasts on her misfortune, and breathlessly reports Norma’s ultimate downfall from the star’s bedroom. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “I hope readers don’t forget that these misfortunes can come without warning.” A Poet Captures the Terror of Life in an Authoritarian State 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z He's a tragic figure, a man of tremendous talent and a good heart who has the misfortune of living in a time that has space for neither. "Game of Thrones" fans are wrong about Tyrion Lannister 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Teddy, played with a touching stoicism by Mr. Carney, has accepted his misfortune with an equanimity that Harry is unable to muster. | 'The Silver Tassie': War Changes a Man, and a Play 2011-07-27T22:15:20Z Hackford says that recasting the show was tough but that "sometimes misfortune blesses you." 'Louis & Keely 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z It’s de Havilland’s good luck and slight misfortune to be the only person portrayed in “Feud” who happens to still be alive and therefore able to take offense. Perspective | ‘Snowfall’ is compelling and believable — which is why it could use a disclaimer 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z So, just how is your pal “reveling” in others’ misfortune? 2010-01-30T01:36:00Z I drilled him as representing, in turn, all sorts of people out of luck and suffering dire privations and misfortunes. Review | Your perfect July 4 read: A book packed with politics, preaching and fireworks 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z But Williams’s insistence on making Stoner a blameless martyr, rather than a man with choices, and denying him any ironic self-awareness about the causes of his Job-like misfortunes leaves the novel far from perfect. Classic ‘Stoner’? Not so fast. 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In the opening scenes, Davy, played by the genially goofy, jug-eared Nick Blaemire, endures one of those miserable days when misfortune seems to assault you from all sides. ‘Found,’ a Musical Based on Literary Detritus 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z We are all sharing in misfortune; hopefully we will find some liberation, too. After the virus, what new priorities will we each have? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The agency also said the film was evidence that the U.S. is "the root cause of all disasters and misfortune of the Korean nation" and the real "empire of evil." Six North Korea-themed movies that beat Rogen and Franco to the punch 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Xavier isn’t alone, in his magic or his misfortunes. A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Two more misfortunes follow quickly: the collapse of the country, when the life savings of tens of thousands disappear, and the brutal slaughter of a flock of sheep, recounted with menacing delight. Hit Hard by Recession, an Irish Family Faces a Bitter Struggle 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z He’s had to accept his unspeakable misfortune, and there’s a dignity and a grace in the restraint with which he’s able to speak about it. Review | Jake Gyllenhaal is a stage animal for sure. But he needs more feral turf in ‘Sea Wall/A Life.’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z This season also focused more on the misfortunes, as well as the bravery, of Lady Edith. ArtsBeat: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future 2014-02-24T03:30:09Z “Commonwealth” spans over 50 years, and the stories of how these children move uncertainly into adulthood — and how their parents adjust to the misfortunes that accrue — are painfully beautiful. In Ann Patchett’s ‘Commonwealth,’ Knotting and Unknotting the Ties That Bind 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Calypsonian David Rudder's Rally Round the West Indies pleads with the fans not to give up hope, using the team's misfortunes as a metaphor for wider political struggles. Readers recommend: songs about cricket – results 2013-07-25T14:52:05Z I believe he's using our collective misfortune to play political games and not even doing that particularly well. Is scrapping workers' rights the Tories' idea of spreading privilege? 2012-10-13T23:06:35Z It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. In New Mexico, on the Cowboy Trail of Jack Thorp 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” Review: It’s Called ‘Life Itself,’ and Yet Everyone’s Dead 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z For all of Taystee’s misfortunes, Brooks’s career is on the up and up. Danielle Brooks: ‘I want to play a superhero’ 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Freedom is being able to use the word “setback,” because for you, the unavoidable little misfortunes Americans call setbacks are catastrophes that threaten to unravel your existence in this country. Relax, America, Syrian refugees won’t be hijacking your way of life 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z He’s saying everything out loud to himself or to whomever happens to have the misfortune of standing near him. Dan Clowes’s “Wilson” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Chief among them: How much should he hold his hillbilly kin responsible for their own misfortunes? Review: In ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ a Compassionate Analysis of the Poor Who Love Trump 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Probably not, since she was so quick to capitalise on her misfortunes, and so unwilling to accept responsibility for them. Anna Nicole: the opera 2011-01-02T00:04:04Z The mounting misfortune has driven some to embrace a formerly unthinkable idea: a government bailout. The coronavirus crisis is devastating the news industry. Many newspapers won’t survive it. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z He merely chooses to take a proactive and steadfast approach to bettering his circumstances rather than dwelling on his misfortunes. The “bitch” we come to love: Summer’s “O.C.” evolution taught me to appreciate this kind of TV heroine 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z "Nursery rhymes and traditional songs were often used to inform and educate, and faced squarely up to subjects like death, ill-health and misfortune – and I've always found them utterly compelling." Why Cerys Matthews wants to teach the world to sing 2013-06-01T05:59:01Z Phoebe Pan, a 17-year-old pianist selected to show off the Music Center's education wing, had the misfortune to come last and be amplified to within an inch of her piano strings. Music Center's 50th-anniversary gala amps up energy to a fault 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Being a witness to tragedy — divorce, illness, stillbirth — places a guilty kind of pressure on the single protagonist, who worries that she’s becoming an “emotional vampire, borrowing other people’s misfortune and challenges as my own.” Review | Single, 40 and childless: Why is that still a problem? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Tines’s clown wanders through the centuries, occasionally bolstered with hope and merriment but so often buffeted by misfortune. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z But “Succession” allows us the shield of distance from the clan’s internecine turmoil, making it OK to take joy in the pettiness, wit and misfortune Armstrong and his team have written into their blood. "Succession": a wealth of cruel humor 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Another snarked at the misfortune of the notorious animal rights activist. Morrissey's latest fall out ? with a dog 2011-07-12T09:51:46Z The lyrics don't say much, but Love imbues them with information all her own on conflicted longings, aching regret and tragic misfortune. The cult persona of Courtney Love in 'Kansas City Choir Boy,' more concert than musical 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Capitalism pits us against each other, convincing us that it is our comrades in coach who are responsible for our own misfortunes – when that is almost never the case. There's a huge row over reclining your airline seat. Is capitalism to blame? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z In La Scala’s lobby that night was a man who had the spectacular misfortune to resemble Mr. Porter. Andrew Porter, New Yorker Classical Music Critic, Dies at 86 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Mute, which Jones calls “a companion piece to Moon”, has since become “my Don Quixote”, a nod to the Terry Gilliam film that became a lightning rod for shambolic misfortune. Alexander Skarsgård: ‘Hollywood is very silly. People are so anxious’ | Tim Lewis 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z I’m sorry you had the misfortune of loving me. Intoxicating highs and deep darkness: living and loving with bipolar disorder 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z But King draws attention to overlooked iconographic details such as the supper menu, and he profits from the mural's misfortunes in a brilliant history of its afterlife as restorers perform cosmetic surgery on it. Best art books of 2012 – review 2012-12-01T11:00:01Z Exquisitely illustrated, and filled with experiences of misfortune bordering on the farcical, Mr. Sattouf’s book is a disquieting yet essential read. Review: New Novels by Paul Murray, César Aira and Others 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z But it was almost as satisfying, and in some ways more surprising because of its emphasis on slapstick misfortune rather than dark-night-of-the-soul emoting. After seven seasons, "Rescue Me" ends with a cough and a smile 2011-09-08T02:01:00Z And it is Billy and Julie’s misfortune that they are opposites in this regard. Review: A ‘Carousel’ That Spins on a Romantically Charged Axis 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Rather than putting us in the shoes of the poor, "Rich Hill" merely lets filmmakers and art-house patrons pat themselves on the back for watching the lyrical misfortunes of others. 'Rich Hill' a poor perspective on teens mired in poverty 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Demelza and Ross’s trust has been sundered, and it will take the worst kind of misfortune to bring them together again. 'Poldark' Season 1 Finale Recap: Faith vs. Perfidy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Whatever one is looking at here – creativity, madness, misfortune – it is not, alas, the art of Cindy Sherman that one suspects provides a handy reference point for dealers. Alternative Guide to the Universe – review 2013-06-15T23:05:34Z Despite his pretense of nonbelief, Basilius is disturbed by the oracle’s dark words and decides to outrun misfortune by getting out of Arcadia. Review: In ‘Head Over Heels,’ Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z This German-owned vessel had the misfortune to be anchored in New York Harbor when World War I began. Books of The Times: ?The Cove,? a Novel by Ron Rash 2012-04-01T18:46:33Z Quarantined and sick, Block nevertheless kept writing songs, including one about another misfortune from that same night: bumping into an ex. Priscilla Block Wants Country Music to Sparkle 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “His misfortune was complicated, yet his magnificent and beautiful nature never flagged,” Ball writes in the foreword. A Widower and His Son Find Kindness and Cruelty on the Road in ‘Census’ 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z How does a human being confront profound misfortune without sinking into perpetual anger and resentment? | 'Boston Med': Inside Boston Hospitals, Where Reality Is Real 2010-06-23T23:58:00Z “It’s not just about second chances, but about becoming aware of choices and misfortunes and being determined not to repeat one’s mistakes,” Ms. Bisgyer said. Where Jane Austen Danced, Dined or Dallied 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In another stroke of misfortune, the restaurant burned down in April of last year. ‘Fortress Australia’ has a new message: Come back 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z He tried calling the shop’s security and police, but was only rescued when he took to Twitter and Instagram about his misfortune. Nights at the museum: tales of being trapped in galleries, a cathedral … and a 'hotel' 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z These are my favourite types of famous people because they will happily sell any misfortune or small win in their lives as tabloid fodder. Stand down, experts: celebrities have got coronavirus covered 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I don’t like to take gratitude from the misfortune of others, but it did put my struggles in perspective. Frisky moms, Porsche-demanding kids: A Santa-for-hire's Christmas in Los Angeles 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It is possible that Whitaker, here, is trying to demonstrate that good looks have been a misfortune in the lives of Duchess and Star. A Novel of the West Spans Decades and Genres 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The last entry had been 2002’s Halloween: Resurrection, forgotten by all who had had the misfortune of seeing it, while the failed Terminator restarts had been more recent and sold on a much larger scale. Darkest fate: how the Terminator franchise was finally terminated 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Yet it is possible that some adolescents who experience joy upon learning that a disliked rival failed an examination might immediately experience guilt because feeling happy over another’s misfortune violates their ethical code. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z The individual tales in “Tightrope” cut across race, ethnicity and geography but share a theme of economic misfortune in a nation plenty rich enough to help if it cared to. Chronicling a Community, and a Country, in Economic Crisis 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Many of them tired, as did viewers, of the perpetual misfortunes of the original star-crossed downstairs lovers, Anna and Bates. ‘Downton’ funk: The end of ‘Abbey’s’ road draws nigh 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It would be an incredible misfortune if The Harmonies were unable to release this very special non-album version of the song that the WI is most noted for, and one of England's best-loved hymns. Women's Institute hunts for 4,000 chorus singers 2010-10-19T17:39:00Z Age: 9+ Most things in the troll world are pretty disgusting, and the family of Troll-Son, who have the misfortune to share an eyeball which is almost always lost, are no exception. Summer reading for children 2010-07-31T08:35:00Z “We are absolutely interested in people’s misfortunes and what goes on in celebrity lives,” said Adrian Bingham, a professor of modern British history at the University of Sheffield who has studied media and gender issues. The Enduring Appeal of ‘Wagatha,’ Now on Stage and Screen 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It was his performance, though, not his misfortune, that impressed the judges most. Kent's Stefano Langone lands a spot on 'American Idol' 2011-02-10T05:32:04Z But a better question might be: What’s wrong with us for gobbling up their misfortune? Stop watching “Hoarders”: Our lurid reality TV obsession with mental illness has crossed a line 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z But that's the worst a ghost will do: whine about its own misfortune, like someone writing to Watchdog to moan about their broadband provider. Charlie Brooker 2010-07-11T23:04:00Z She smiled in a way that I am sure was intended to show sympathy for my misfortune, but it hid a bit of amusement. Gene Weingarten: Bending, the truth People were careful not to overdraw their account because when family members with money grew exhausted by repeated requests, they sometimes withheld support for long periods of time, pegging their relatives’ misfortunes to individual failings. No place like home: America’s eviction epidemic 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Malloy doesn’t appear to mind—perhaps because the whole turn of events seems a comic misfortune worthy of Tolstoy’s bumbling hero. The Musical Eccentric Who Turned Tolstoy’s Pierre Into Every Seeker 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Other kids made fun of his lameness, which several people who knew him described as the greatest misfortune of his life. Rereading: Childe Harold by Lord Byron 2011-08-12T09:00:01Z Then Mr. McGraw closed the show with “Live Like You Were Dying,” about re-evaluating one’s priorities in the face of misfortune. Music: In Nashville, Country Stars Rally for Flood Victims 2010-06-23T22:40:00Z Even before the family’s misfortune, life in rural Indiana is represented as a dystopian version of “Little House on the Prairie” — unrelentingly bleak, and spiritually as well as materially impoverished. What if the Thief Who Steals Your Identity Is Your Mom? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z With Bond, originality is death, as over the years various directors have discovered to their misfortune. I've never seen … any James Bond film | Hadley Freeman 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In India, some hospitals and organ brokers are making money on the misfortunes of people relocated to a refugee camp following the 2004 tsunami. 'The Red Market:' Scott Carney's expos? of the worldwide traffic in blood and body parts 2011-06-29T23:02:12Z “Sometimes it seemed to the townspeople that the sunshine and sparkling blue sea might be camouflaging some approaching misfortune and inevitable death,” Driessen writes. Not Lost in Translation: Provocative Foreign Fiction 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z In that regard, it mimics the source material, which chronicles the outlandish misfortunes endured by three newly orphaned children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. Netflix’s Fortunate Reinvention of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z I’ve worked in a hospital more days than not for the past half-decade, spending most of my time and energy trying to heal people brought down by misfortune. My near-death experience made me a better doctor 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z To write one novel in the second person may be considered misfortune, two is starting to look like carelessness. What is Rule 34, you ask. Let Charles Stross explain 2011-08-11T11:25:12Z Tommy's misfortunes include having lost his wife, his children, all his money, and his father's respect. Quiz: Bad days in literature 2010-05-07T14:20:00Z The show also had the misfortune to arrive the same season as “My Fair Lady,” which dazzled so brightly that it turned all competitors to shadows. Theater Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella’ Is Revived at City Center 2014-04-03T23:17:30Z And, as Brian’s quoting of Portia’s famous speech from “The Merchant of Venice” suggests, sometimes forgiveness – of human failings and the misfortunes rained down by fate — may be required. Review: ‘The Herd,’ Rory Kinnear’s Drama About Family Friction 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Karen Joy Fowler’s new novel, “Booth,” chronicles the fortunes and misfortunes of the titular family, as in John Wilkes Booth. A Novelist Evokes a Real-Life Family of Actors, and One Famous Assassin 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z They're still new to the scene and have the added misfortune of not being named Jimmy. Emmy nominations: The Good, the Bad, and the "Squid Game" of it all 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The main requirement is to endow misfortune with narrative and moral significance, if not always with a corresponding sense of justice or proportion. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Catastrophe and misfortune are a novelist’s friends, dramatic devices that provide a plot and let characters demonstrate their range. Book Review Podcast: Bill Clegg's Debut Novel 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Each week, the 11 members of the Walton family — two parents, two grandparents and seven children — hung together against misfortune, jealousy, poverty and small-mindedness. Earl Hamner Jr., Virginia-born writer who created ‘The Waltons,’ dies at 92 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The film touches on the designer’s drug use and his business misfortunes. Up Close: Whitney Sudler-Smith?s Love Letter to the ?70s 2010-04-28T22:23:00Z There’s a German word I learned about in psychology class called schadenfreude, which means a pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. Everyone is so special 2014-04-05T22:00:00Z “When famine balled its fist, it struck with great force,” she writes of one boyfriend’s misfortunes. She Survived a Tough Childhood. Then She Met Jeffrey Epstein. 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Or maybe the end is determined from the beginning, when the girl has the misfortune to be born into poverty with attractive looks and an alcoholic parent. Caleb Crain: The Hectic Career of Stephen Crane 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z But she comes to understand that joy and love have as much place in the world as misfortune and misery. Amazing grace 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z When misfortune strikes one of the camp's own, it isn't long before Harper discovers that Camp Wyndham might be just as dangerous as the outside world. 'The Fireman' may be the best apocalyptic read of the year, if you can stand the heat 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps on some Christmas past, you had the misfortune of being served some dry, brittle candy made out of marzipan and formed into some improbable shape like a cash register or a bunch of bananas. Austin Butler Sings ‘Blue Christmas’ With Cecily Strong in Her Last ‘S.N.L.’ 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z But Beukes swings it, offering thought-provoking takes on peddling misfortune and "truth." A serial killer haunts Lauren Beukes' riveting 'Broken Monsters' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z I don’t share the belief that we can alter our fate simply by visualization, or chanting, or that it’s enough to get into therapy to cope with our misfortune. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z “That is my language. It is the language of my ancestors, and my misfortune is that I was not born when that great writer came to America in search of material.” Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The film is pervaded by a sense of doom, by premonitions that the clan’s new good fortune will inevitably bring misfortune through the eroding of the traditions that set the Wayuu apart as a people. Review: “Birds of Passage,” the Tragic Story of an Indigenous Colombian Family’s Involvement in the Drug War 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z No matter how good we have it, misfortune always rolls downhill with the rest of the feces. "Beef" serves up a sizzling hot, blackly comedic revenge story to feed our ongoing panger 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It had the misfortune of opening in the wake of the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Becoming Modern: The Met’s Mission at the Breuer Building 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Set in Puritan America, a teenage protagonist, Thomasin, battles her parents and siblings, who assume she’s become a witch, faulting her for all the misfortunes that befall the family. Women in horror: Victims no more 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Gál's misfortunes as one of many Jewish and non-Jewish refugees imprisoned by Britain in 1940 included months of deprivation, emotional stress and general suffering. Music of Remembrance honors Hans G?l 2011-11-02T21:03:04Z Opened in 1974, still popular and recommended by English Heritage for statutory listing, its one misfortune is that it occupies a valuable city-centre site on which Argent plc is planning to build office blocks. Letters: Art of survival in the regions 2010-10-25T23:04:00Z I expect they shared my misfortunes with everyone else, and that made things even worse. Perspective | Ask Amy: Would-be mother suffers through baby news 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z We can identify with fantastic Mr Fox, partly thanks to his big-screen incarnations.The ecologically vital low-life that's been disappearing from our countryside has had the misfortune to lack his star quality. Animals United defeat themselves 2010-12-20T11:11:45Z It also means that for all his misfortune in having a cleft, Hugo is fantastically lucky. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Thrown together by June’s misfortune and Chloe’s opportunism, they purport to be a modern “Odd Couple,” down to the whimsical music in some of the ads for the show. Television Review: ?Don?t Trust the B???? in Apartment 23? on ABC 2012-04-10T22:15:25Z He wrote about men moving through the woods and sometimes across the country, on offbeat personal missions or on the run from heartbreak or misfortune. An Appraisal: Taking Big Bites of Jim Harrison’s Voracious Life 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Just about the only member of Traina’s clan who seemed to have escaped the blessings of providence was President James Buchanan, who had the misfortune of being followed in the White House by Abraham Lincoln. The Art Of Living: Inside Trevor Traina's Pacific Heights Home 2014-03-31T13:00:00Z Even before her own illness, her life was often touched by misfortune. Patricia Neal dies at 84 2010-08-09T07:58:00Z Even then — and typical of the misfortune that followed throughout his life — his name was not on the record: Credit was given to his bandleader at the time, Lionel Hampton. Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88 Speaking of misfortunes, the Enys-Mark-Keren love knot ends even more poorly than I thought possible. 'Poldark' Season 1 Finale Recap: Faith vs. Perfidy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z But she got her apartment in Moscow, near the central K.G.B. offices, thanks to her work on a propaganda film for Stalin and to the misfortune of another family in the Stalin era. Struggling to Love, Work and Do the Right Thing in Putin’s Russia 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z She wrote her way out of the chaos of her past, asking: “How could misfortune follow me so well, and why did I choose it every time?” ‘Heart Berries’ Shatters a Pattern of Silence 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z But where brooding over misfortune typifies this world, Deadpool prattles through action sequences. ‘Deadpool’ Isn’t the Only Solution. But ‘Batman v Superman’ Is the Problem 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Harry’s ongoing misfortune in life could easily have defined him in a bad way. The 50 Most Important Things We've Learned From J.K. Rowling 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Dear Carolyn: Because of a lifelong mismanagement of finances coupled with some misfortune, my partner and I are in the position of needing to support his parents. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A cheater can’t change his spots, so assume he’s still fast company 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Adding to his misfortune, “Free and Easy” was a commercial hit. On Video: Buster Keaton’s Talkie ‘Free and Easy’ Comes to DVD 2014-03-23T19:49:40Z The sequel had fewer practical effects than the original and the misfortune of opening the weekend after Finding Nemo. 'Furious 7' Marks Universal's Biggest Franchise Ever 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z If this person broke your heart largely through misfortune, then even if the breakup itself was maybe messier than it needed to be, the forgiveness and recovery work is largely yours to do for yourself. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Does the painful history matter when an ex seems new and improved? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Everybody loves to claim their under-brain is the seat of all their misfortunes instead of examining the one between their ears. Calling out the saddest sacks of 2021, a reckoning by Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's ... friends 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Enter Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the cigar-chomping director of "Let It Be," the 1970 film that had the misfortune of being released in the days after McCartney announced the Beatles' demise to a crestfallen world. If "The Beatles: Get Back" has a villain, it might be Michael Lindsay-Hogg 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z He is a victim of misfortune — in women, appliances, brothers, you name it. 'Biutiful': Melodrama and tension get top billing 2011-01-26T20:23:02Z Perhaps because Nasreen's presence in the narrative is a disembodied one, we experience her as a kind of evil spirit in the online ether, a curiously spectral source of malediction and misfortune. Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked by James Lasdun – review 2013-02-16T14:00:01Z What to Anna Lee was a wheel of misfortune turned out to be another lucky break — for Ms. Meade, a fledgling actress who was bereft of Broadway roles at the time. Julia Meade, TV Pitchwoman on ‘Ed Sullivan,’ Dies at 90 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Their life first takes this turn for the worse in a fashion familiar to many people over-65, who have the misfortune of being hospitalized and then discharged in worse shape than before. Can old age still have a happy ending? 2013-02-07T23:17:00Z Let's hope this latest misfortune doesn't mean she's gone for good. Close up 2013-03-21T16:14:04Z Without undue optimism or overt sentimentality, he discovers a measure of hope amid the cruelty and misfortune. ‘Broker’ Review: It Takes a Village to Sell a Child 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z He didn't ask for this crazy girl to come into his life and screw everything up, after all, and then he has the misfortune to fall in love with her, apparently. Miranda July faces "The Future" 2011-07-27T00:30:00Z But Dormie had the misfortune of living in San Francisco, California, which had an ordinance on its books that made both the owner and dog liable for aggressive behavior. Paw and order: Dormie, the dog who went on trial for cat murder 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Never laugh at somebody's travelling misfortune, instant karma's gonna' get you. Ten airport horror stories that will make you never want to fly again 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The film is based on the Mexican folklore about the Weeping Woman, a figure who lost her children and causes misfortune to those nearby. Box Office: 'Curse of La Llorona' Wins Worst Easter Weekend in Over... 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z TIME’s coverage of the singer from her lifetime is nearly exclusively limited to misfortune; shortly before her death, for example, the magazine noted that Holiday was “arrested in her hospital bed” for heroin possession. Billie Holiday's Story Was Even More Complicated Than You Think 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z It's a form of black comic realism that works better when the misfortune befalling his characters seems the product of a sensibility that is tragic, rather than masculinity wounded into crankishness. The dazed brutality at the heart of Roman Polanski's films 2012-12-28T22:55:16Z Sombre news for fans of Mary Shelley who have the misfortune to be under 15 years old. Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage 2011-02-27T00:06:05Z There is nothing wrong with sympathetic understanding of another's misfortune, but something base about the comparative revelling in being clean, well-fed and sheltered. Breaking Night by Liz Murray ? review 2011-01-30T00:20:00Z My nose’s misfortune was one of the many reasons I was lucky to have been born and raised in Canada. Obamacare saved my a**: Really, it literally saved my a** 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Told from the point of view of a young neighborhood boy, the stories are a gossipy, increasingly poignant chronicle of the daily doings, small dramas and misfortunes of several recurring, highly idiosyncratic characters. Review | 3 great audiobooks for that long Thanksgiving drive 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z There were also misfortunes that didn't take place in airports. Please tell me about your delayed flight 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z “All the mishaps end up being very, very funny for want of a better word” he says, adding that British and Arabic cultures tend to laugh at misfortunes. On a Scottish isle, ‘Limbo’ breaks the refugee movie mold 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z We seek meaning in misfortune whether we get cancer or have an accident or are bombed out of our houses by unseen jets. My secretly bisexual husband 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, because of personal misfortune or the vicissitudes of publishing, little — if any — of their work remains extant; in some cases, their poetic or novelistic visions were never even set down on paper. Book review: ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure,’ edited by C.D. Rose As with any war movie, the best-laid plans dissolve into heart-wrenching misfortune punctuated on the back half with a storm of bullets, explosions and pain, betrayal and faith undone by greed. With "Da 5 Bloods" Spike Lee triumphantly reflects with Black experience of the Vietnam War 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s already been a tough summer, with pain, suffering and misfortune stretching from slopes ravaged by wildfires to the lush fields of the Virginia Mason Athletic Complex in Renton. Click here to donate to the Beast Mode Relief Fund 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Two years later, he made “Maelstrom,” about a woman undone by a series of misfortunes. Denis Villeneuve of ‘Arrival’ Leans In to Strong Heroines 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Kirschner and Tomasello argue that music-making children “made the intuitive decision to help the other child because they felt immediate empathic concern with the peer’s misfortune” when she began to lose her marbles. We’re wired to sing 2012-07-07T19:00:00Z Those of us who savour inept, high-profile, well-funded bombs can only look with pity on our forebears who had the misfortune to be born before motion pictures were invented. From The Room to Geostorm: how to make a movie so bad that people will love it 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Ballard would have been justified in feeling that he’d already had his life’s allotment of bizarre misfortune, but fate wasn’t done with him. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z So, in the spirit of regret and contrition, I’m giving my past self some advice — and I’m going to give it out loud, so you may profit from my mistakes and misfortunes. 7 travel and sightseeing tips for your next trip to Vancouver 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In 2013, she published her first book, a literary novel called “Homecoming” about the tangled relationships and misfortunes of a sheep-farming family in Yorkshire, where Ms. Steiner’s family had a cottage on the moors. Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z What is the point of faith in a world of misfortune? Review: Speaking (and Signing) of Job, in ‘I Was Most Alive With You’ 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Joyful periods take heavy precedence over misfortunes, and some difficult topics, such as Arnaz’s womanizing, come up only obliquely. ‘Lucy and Desi’ Review: Love in the Time of Television 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z In a brief speech, Hathaway expressed the hope that "sometime in the not-too-distant future, the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories - and not in real life". Oscars 2013: Argo wins best picture, but Life of Pi helps upset Lincoln's ship 2013-02-25T05:02:00Z There is a nod to the signature Truckster, which in this version becomes the tricked-out "Tartan Prancer," a kind of James Bond car of misfortune. Will the new 'Vacation' make Clark Griswold proud? 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Like “84K,” it draws attention to people on society’s margins and the behavior of those who think ignoring misfortune will prevent it from happening to them. Heart-Hammering Science Fiction and Fantasy Thrillers 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “Luck” offers fresh ideas; its only misfortune is to present its gifts in recycled wrapping. ‘Luck’ Review: Bad Day at the Fortune Factory 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z A kind of "Bad News Bozos," it tells the sloppy, ham-fisted story of a barrel-bottom Utah college baseball team with a single afternoon to reverse its misfortunes or face extinction. '108 Stitches' strikes out in nearly every way possible 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z But the very least, it adopts a touch of luxury to the art of sitting, brooding, doing little, and waiting for misfortune to pass. "Belgravia": Where "Downton Abbey" meets Dickens, except with a more dashing, less hungry orphan 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the king manages to prevent any other misfortunes being bestowed on his child, and years later the baldness spell is broken — but with hilariously outlandish consequences, which I will not reveal. Review | What we all could use right now: Tales of magic, wonder and the triumph of goodness 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Pascal, who acts as Greek chorus to “The Fall Guy,” said that all of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z For these people, who spend every cent they earn, a layoff, an illness, even a car-repair bill can collapse a whole family, and the ones most violently upended by those misfortunes are children. ‘Fourth of July Creek,’ by Smith Henderson But maybe you are asking this question because you want validation that you are not the kind of man who enjoys someone else’s misfortune. Ask Amy: Bitter breakup sours ex to funding funeral 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Sometimes they take pleasure in one another’s misfortunes; sometimes they wish each other ill. Elena Ferrante and What Liking Is Like 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Over the years, as age and success and misfortune take their toll, the relationship between Lila and Elena shifts and mutates — and yet, in many respects, remains the same. Review: Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Story of the Lost Child,’ the Finale in a Quartet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It had the misfortune to follow Dreamworks's blistering How to Train Your Dragon, which also featured a hefty helping of Scottish brogues, into cinemas, and generally lacks the innovative spark of the studio's best work. Wreck-It Ralph and Brave in the frame for animation Oscar 2013-02-15T17:53:04Z Reading a young-adult novel in one sitting, it’s easier to suspend your disbelief regarding Hannah’s copious misfortunes, which include broken friendships, a fatal auto accident and sexual violence. Review: ‘13 Reasons Why’ She Killed Herself, Drawn Out on Netflix 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, we rarely learn exactly what turns misfortune into resilience. What Does It Take to Overcome Adversity? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Losing a boyfriend, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, is a misfortune; losing him twice looks like carelessness. Social Q’s: Social Q’s - Don’t Ask for a Gift Back 2012-09-21T01:22:37Z It’s just that, for the audience, everything he does in this efficient, slick film is eclipsed by the real-life terrorist tragedy in the city in which Bastille Day has the misfortune to be set. London Has Fallen: can city siege movies survive the age of terror? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Far from blaming those who have no money for their misfortune, this line is about redirecting shame. How Dolly Parton’s "Coat of Many Colors" became an LGBTQ+ anthem 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z “When it’s a serious rivalry, which is what politics is these days, it’s not just taking a little pleasure in somebody’s misfortune,” he said. They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started. 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z For the Blomquists, that means the extra misfortune of a hit-and-run cover-up on a person of great interest for all parties — the cops, the Gerhardts and the Kansas City mob. 'Fargo' Season 2 Premiere Recap: 'Waiting for Dutch' 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Her first efforts had an eerie, archaic English folk flavor, and Ms. Harding sang them in a feathery mezzo-soprano, delivering lyrics filled with thoughts of misfortune and death. Aldous Harding’s Songs Won’t Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The Nain Rouge is a creature from local legend whose appearance is a sign of misfortune. Mardi Gras: How the rest of the country celebrates Fat Tuesday 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z A decade ago, dual misfortunes struck: His wife lost her fight with cancer months before he underwent reconstructive hip surgery. The way these older amateur athletes are staying fit despite the pandemic offers lessons for all ages 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z She also has the misfortune of both being French and living in France, which means that her physical appearance counts for everything, including her employability. Gabrielle Deydier: what it’s like to be fat in France 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The form is a by-the-book slow blues, with plenty of room for Mr. Allman to let the vocal drama build, from bemoaning “our bad, bad misfortune” to full-throated shouts and roars at the end. Gregg Allman: A Voice of the South Who Mixed a Musical Melting Pot 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Some reviews stick around and Diane Kruger had the misfortune to receive a memorably withering one when she was starting out as an actress. Diane Kruger: ‘I truly believe the best is yet to come’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The inhabitants of Kasrilevke display few redeeming features: we see them mock the undertaker for harbouring ambitions for his son, torment a disabled child dubbed "the creature", and revel in others' misfortunes. Iram 2010-05-26T21:31:00Z Triggered by the shooting’s effect on campus, Rose falters in her newly forged community but nonetheless finds a way to embrace the unheralded misfortunes of being born. Review | In the story of a mass shooting, ‘Bloomland’ reveals the bloody tapestry of a beleaguered nation 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z At such moments, the play becomes a soap-opera episode about a woman reacting badly to a messy divorce, her fate seeming to be more private misfortune than archetypal tragedy. Medea – review 2012-10-03T10:44:54Z He calls the merchant posters “parasitic” for the way they profit from misfortune. An Artist’s Mythic Rebellion for the Venice Biennale 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s always treacherous business to blame a group for its own misfortunes. Review: In ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ a Compassionate Analysis of the Poor Who Love Trump 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The upside of this type of misfortune is that you realize how many friends you have and how they’re always behind you. What it's like to be cyberstalked: when you can't escape the untraceable threat 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z For more reasons than one, this was far from the holiday she hoped for, but amid the suffering and misfortune, Yvonne White found a silver lining. A disabled man was stuck in a Buffalo snowbank. A stranger heard his cry and saved him. 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s in her proud, high-stepping body language; her air of mischievous, never-say-die sensuality; and her insistence on laughing at life’s misfortunes that she personifies unstoppable vitality and joie de vivre. Pop Picks for New Year’s Eve in New York 2013-12-26T23:11:43Z His son, a half-baked adult, has the misfortune of his growth into adulthood interrupted by the zombie apocalypse. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 13: No Good, No Bad 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z In the end, that is not a misfortune. Review | First the New Yorker profiled Romare Bearden. Then the artist and activist decided to tell his own story, in pictures. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Elena, a person of lofty dignity and weary tenderness, demonstrates finer courage when she brains a German soldier with an iron, and perhaps greater fortitude as she weathers the misfortunes of their life together. ‘Una Vita Difficile’ Review: Life Comes at You Fast 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z There is not a shred of evidence to suggest these misfortunes are related in any way. John von Rhein: Amid uncertainty, show must go on for CSO 2011-02-09T02:12:00Z But then she receives yet another megadose of misfortune when three men arrive at the encampment and kill her dad, torching his cabin and most of his supplies. Y.A. Thrillers to Give You Chills This Summer 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z So what will this satirist’s penchant for third-degree banter and sloshing social engagements locate in this giant book about maturing through misfortune? 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2020 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z A brisk mile’s walk north, the corporate behemoth Gap is taking another company’s misfortunes and making Lululemonade. Critical Shopper: For Fitness Gear and Workout Clothes, Sweaty Betty and Athleta 2013-12-30T23:51:43Z With television now functioning as much national encounter group as entertainment, any act of violence or misfortune befalling a major character is immediately followed by a cacophony of anguish and/or rage on social media. TV's alleged 'rape glut' may just be a more reflective reality 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z His misfortune, however – even from excerpts of his memoirs – was that he devised his own plots and wrote his own scripts. Richard Eyre: 'Blair had a very considerable skill as a performer' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z “Halt and Catch Fire” had the misfortune of falling into a growing category: great TV shows that few people watch. The ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Showrunners on ‘Redefining the Story of Losers’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Ditto for the jump-cut tour of a Sears Roebuck catalog, which, while surely not intended this way, serves to aestheticize misfortune as something quaintly antique. An artful, disquieting look at ‘The Great Flood’ 2014-03-20T21:28:14Z It’s cruel to rejoice in the misfortune of a child because you bear a silly grudge against his parents. Should I Let My Boyfriend Be a Poll Worker on Election Day? 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z But tragedy carries on when we see the misfortunes of others as separate from our own. A liberal parenting paradox: Meticulously raising our kids while migrant families are torn apart 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z I took it personally, as if I were being hammered by misfortune. I Would Have Driven Her Anywhere 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z After a flurry of further misfortunes, Kidd takes it upon himself to deliver the girl, who speaks no English, to an aunt and uncle in Castroville, far away in the Hill Country. ‘News of the World’ Review: Tom Hanks Does the Strong, Silent Type 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Ware has the misfortune to be a liberal Methodist minister assigned to a conservative congregation. Perspective | Never mind the Brits, here are five American novels perfect for ‘Masterpiece’ treatment 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Many Europeans believe that the sight of a black cat heralds misfortune, but black cats are actually rather common. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z ‘The Junket’ Mike Albo turns a career misfortune into an entertaining though slight solo show about the perils of navigating freelance waters in a new media world. Theater Listings for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:14:01Z Ned exudes loneliness: We learn of his almost Job-like misfortunes in the lone instance of a character breaking the spell of naturalism to address us directly. Review: ‘Small Mouth Sounds,’ Silence at a Spiritual Spa 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The stresses of job loss, debt, family breakdown and a multitude of other misfortunes swell the ranks of people in need of help. Mental health needs a place in the limelight 2012-10-09T11:30:01Z Someone brought up my poles, and we laughed at my beginner’s misfortune. 2010-02-06T04:54:00Z They bicker the whole way down the Eastern Seaboard until vehicular misfortune lands them at Elysium, a commune in northern Georgia. Wanderlust: Nudists and Jennifer Aniston, Though Not in That Order 2012-02-24T15:45:56Z The shows also featured sendups of soap operas and heartbreakers, including “Hard Luck Stories,” in which guests related tales of personal misfortune and were given incongruous gifts. Tom Koch, Comedy Writer for Bob and Ray, Dies at 89 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z But the film's misfortunes turned into box office success by grossing $26 million in its opening week in mainland China. Tony Leung says no soured ties with Wong Kar-wai 2013-01-23T12:39:10Z What if Tillmans was instead a harbinger of the artist as entrepreneur of the self, and of how we would all go on posting pictures even as our misfortunes piled up offscreen? The Disappearing World of Wolfgang Tillmans 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z He and Shiv head out to their balcony to freak out about their separate misfortunes before turning their stingers on each other: "Should we have a real conversation?" he asks. Wins, losses and regrets: It's all part of the game at this "Succession" tailgate party 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Blaming them for your misfortune can hinder your chances of getting a company’s attention. Perspective | How to get a travel company to respond to your complaint 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z When misfortunes occur, it always helps to have someone to blame. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z But these misfortunes play into the godlike plans of a young manager determined to curate a new band from scratch. Review | In David Mitchell’s splendid ‘Utopia Avenue,’ a ’60s rock band finds its groove 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Kahlo suffered her next, most horrific, physical misfortune when she was 18. Review | You might think you know Frida Kahlo, but you’ll never understand her pain 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z I think that would be a huge misfortune, to return to normality, whatever that could mean or whatever that meant. This Artist Proposes a Community Space ‘to Dream, to Imagine’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Alexander Etkind, an émigré historian, has argued that the root of Russia’s misfortunes is its natural wealth, which encourages its rulers to plunder the country, like colonial masters, rather than develop it. Long they ruled 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Though he is sympathetic to his subject’s struggles — particularly his misfortunes as an artist in the major label system and his deteriorating health — Charnas does not shy away from describing his imperfections. J Dilla Was a Revered Rap Producer. A New Book Deepens His Legacy. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z It proves our darkest fears while inspiring us to take mental notes to learn from others’ misfortunes. What "Escaping Twin Flames" teaches us about the anti-trans nature of a supposedly loving cult 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z But sometimes serendipity — or its evil twin, misfortune — crashes the party. What went right (a lot) and wrong (not much) during 20 days of hard-core tourism 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The Mexican riches-to-rags movie, "We are the Nobles" has opened to packed theaters in a country with one of the world's widest income gaps - and a love for laughing at misfortune. Comedy on Mexico income gap a big screen hit 2013-04-05T15:14:08Z Five months later, on Nov. 22, four decades after Broadwater’s misfortune began, the conviction was vacated in a courtroom where the judge and prosecutor agreed that the case was profoundly flawed. Anthony Broadwater was wrongfully convicted four decades ago — and fought to get his life back 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z If you had the misfortune to fall in — and it had happened — it could “cook you alive.” Utility Worker No. 6691 on Life Inside a Steel Mill 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z While the Coen brothers tried a similar pileup of misfortune in "A Serious Man," they maintained their sense of humor. 'Biutiful': Javier Bardem is striking as a dying father in the slums of Barcelona 2011-02-03T20:19:07Z But Roth argued — and Bailey offers substantial evidence for the defense — that the novelist’s most serious problems weren’t with all women but with two particular women: the ones he had the misfortune to marry. Review | ‘Philip Roth,’ by Blake Bailey, is a colorful, confident and uncompromising biographical triumph 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z "They truly are using their misfortune to create good fortune for others." Sullivan's family doesn't blame Notre Dame 2011-10-27T02:00:00Z "And it is our misfortune, of course, to be living in a raspberry episode." British Museum vows to help regional collections through tough times 2012-07-04T13:46:14Z They said I was blaming afflicted individuals for their own misfortune. Modern Love: Healing Sought (Bring Your Own Magic) 2014-05-01T23:12:48Z Will le Fleming's gloriously unsentimental debut follows Holly's attempts to right her life as misfortune flexes its muscles around her. Central Reservation by Will le Fleming – review 2013-06-21T17:39:00Z The far more natural reaction to such a misfortune within your immediate family would surely be empathy. My nephew is disabled and it’s his mother’s fault | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Andresen’s determination to rise above misfortune, and his hopes for himself, make this movie less than a total tragedy. ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’ Review: A Cautionary Tale 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Shortly after, he suffers a stroke, a misfortune that is compounded by his health insurance company attempting to stiff him. Review | Gore Vidal’s ‘Lincoln’ and other best audiobooks for summer’s end 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z But she was more distracted than I was by Kashmir’s misfortune of lying between two rival nations. A Family Ski Adventure in the Himalayas 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Why did I have the misfortune to be born on New Year's Eve? What the months of the year mean to me 2010-12-17T08:30:00Z It just has the misfortune of being the record that few Strokes fans want from them. The Strokes: Comedown Machine – review 2013-03-24T00:06:38Z If he dealt with his final illness the way he handled previous misfortunes, I suspect he saw it as an opportunity for growth. Accessing a Place Of Shaggy Wildness 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z The impending shutdown of FilmStruck, scheduled for November 29th, is both a misfortune and an opportunity. What to Stream This Weekend: Ten Farewell FilmStruck Films 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z In the west they have gone from the dread birds of night, associated with death and misfortune, to cute familiars whose images are the endless stuff of Disney or household knicknackery. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z The very form of the language suggested evasion, or superstitious ritual intended to avert misfortune. The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus – review 2013-04-30T11:41:04Z STS causes the part of your brain that sympathizes with the misfortunes of others, if overexposed, to white out. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton This musical had the misfortune to receive its British premiere on the night in 2003 when America invaded Iraq. Ragtime – review 2012-05-30T17:08:42Z His great misfortune was to serve as a meteorologist at a time when those who orchestrated the collectivist farming fiasco that resulted in the deaths of untold millions were looking for scapegoats. 'Stalin's Meteorologist' illustrates the life and idealism in the under a dictatorship 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z We've seen the white savior trope, in which a white hero swoops in to save people of color from their misfortunes. Matt Damon and George Takei, check out "White Savior," a samurai satire challenging beloved movies 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z More personal misfortune followed: Bell’s third wife, Ramona, died of an asthma attack while they were vacationing in the couple’s RV. Art Bell, Radio’s Most Popular Weirdo, Returns 2013-09-16T20:42:50Z The narrative hovers, averts its eyes and sucks its teeth at the misfortunes of the characters. Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Maybe “misfortune” is the right word after all, though more for the audience than the various orphaned children. Review: It’s Called ‘Life Itself,’ and Yet Everyone’s Dead 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Like “Black Hawk Down,” too, “Lone Survivor” is a reminder of how the best-laid war plans can be quickly undone by miscalculation and sheer misfortune. ‘Lone Survivor’: a true-life tale of a doomed SEALs mission 2014-01-09T00:28:49Z It seems inappropriate to complain about the litany of misfortunes that rain down on poor Celie, given what African Americans experienced in the Jim Crow South. 'Color Purple' musical on Broadway has a divine, moving spirit 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z She points out that she once made a comedy – Bandits, co-starring Bruce Willis – that had the misfortune to open the same week as the 9/11 terrorist attacks and promptly sank without trace. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z In “The House by the Lake”, a book acclaimed in Britain last year and now available in America, his gaze broadens to the century-long saga of five families’ fortunes and misfortunes. Vantage point 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z In honour of Naughtie – and because you really can't get too much of this sort of thing – here's our unlucky 13 rundown of radio mishaps and misfortune. Top 13 radio howlers 2010-12-06T13:10:00Z As one of the characters rhetorically asks in “Do Not Say We Have Nothing,” the new novel by Madeleine Thien: “What was misfortune but the quality of existing as something, or someone else, inside?” Review: In ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing,’ a Portrait of Souls Snuffed Out 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Yes, The Right Stuff was a lot of fun, but all of the missions in that tale had the narrative misfortune of being successful. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But as Wheaton, who is now a father of two, as is O'Connell, wrote: "I broke the cycle. I am not the selfish bully I had the misfortune of being born to." During "Stand by Me," Wil Wheaton was being abused. Jerry O'Connell didn't know 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Along comes a ne’er-do-well named Paul Hannigan who has the misfortune of trying to rob the women one night at their cottage, popping the cork on their anger. Newly Released Books 2011-08-17T22:44:30Z It read: “A family brought to destitution in England has had all its misfortunes clearly traced by the authorities to an un-governable passion for novel reading entertained by the wife and mother.” How video games suck you in: “Our sense of time becomes yoked, not to the ticking of the clock, but to the pattern of our interactions” 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z She takes pride in claiming responsibility for her own misfortunes and can’t think of any instances where male privilege has blocked her way. Meghan Daum to Millennials: Get off My Lawn 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Published in 1938, this satirical masterpiece recounts the misfortunes of a timid young writer of articles about the English countryside who, by mistake, is dispatched to cover civil war in Africa. Tom Rachman's top 10 journalist's tales 2011-07-27T11:26:31Z It was his misfortune, says Catherine Fletcher in her gripping narrative, to be assassinated “first with a sword, then with a pen” by historians. A dark duke 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z |
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