1.   He meant that to some degree we can deliberately put ourselves in position to experience good fortune and be better prepared when misfortune strikes.

2.   Last week misfortune struck Serajuddin again, when six helicopters descended carrying commandos who smashed their way through steel gates into his battered compound.

3.   Misfortune has struck the Southeast.

4.   That was when misfortune struck.

5.   The parents had a hard time believing misfortune would not strike again.

6.   The Southerners were clearly touched by the gesture from their former antagonists, and pledged to return the favor should similar misfortune ever strike New York.

7.   Then misfortune struck.

8.   They were told the best thing was not to have been born, but, if that misfortune struck them, the next best thing was to die young.

9.   When misfortune struck Lucky early in training camp, he ended up on crutches with a blown-out knee, his second NFL season over and done with.

10.   But misfortune again struck at the Championships.