1.   Propagandists could always argue that the fact that so many misfortunes had befallen England since the Revolution confirmed how wrong it had been to dethrone the rightful sovereign.

2.   His policies, after all, stand to touch more Americans than will ever have the misfortune of inhaling even one anthrax spore.

3.   Immigration advocates complain that Congress and Clinton have joined hands to attack vulnerable people who have done nothing wrong and simply had the misfortune to be born somewhere else.

4.   Whether or not the misfortunes of smaller company stocks have any greater significance in the current bull market, their weakness has many on Wall Street paying heed.

5.   Lilley had three penalties and a goal, and also had the misfortune to hit the upright on two penalty attempts.