1.   Being half an hour late for a time-sensitive appointment is a lousy way to do business.

2.   But it is a lousy way to build any kind of heartfelt relationship between fans and athletes.

3.   But these proposals are a lousy way to solve the problem.

4.   Frankly, I think a simplistic initiative campaign is a lousy way to craft public policy.

5.   It was a lousy way to celebrate a birthday.

6.   It was a lousy way to bring down the curtain on an otherwise magnificent run of professional basketball.

7.   Lousy way to make a first impression on the fantasy recipient of some of your earliest kisses, planted fervently on the TV screen during the Monkees years.

8.   The roster churn is a lousy way to keep continuity and build fan familiarity, but it can make for a fast team turnaround.

9.   What a lousy way to lose.

10.   In cities that big, with roads that clogged, cars are a lousy way to get around.