11.   Afterward, Hendrickson says, coaches on the team told him the incident was sure to ruin his chances of making the team.

12.   But Chavez did acknowledge that she had made serious missteps that ruined her chances for the cabinet position.

13.   But officials are worried about the possibility that a limited pilot program would fail, ruining chances for a statewide voucher system.

14.   But the cancer ruined those chances, and it struck before his insurance could kick in.

15.   But the Sox could do little more after the break than before, ruining any chance of reversing a disturbing trend.

16.   Eric Anthony has missed the entire spring with a strained abdominal and ruined his chance to be the Dodgers left-handed bat off the bench.

17.   Exposing the plan at this stage, Clapp said, would probably ruin chances of raising the money to carry out the plan.

18.   He feared his new fame as a whistle-blower would ruin his chance to continue in the industry.

19.   He nearly ruined his chances of reaching the NBA when he lost his head in the Continental Basketball Association.

20.   He ruined his chance to win when he insisted on taking four tires instead of the two tires the rest of the leaders took.