21.   Ways not rooted in science or technique, but in creativity, instinct and just plain luck.

22.   Chalk it up, as one doctor said, to plain bad luck.

23.   For midfielder Djair, Flamengo is a victim of plain bad luck.

24.   Injury, illness and just plain bad luck haunted Elliott through the rest of the decade.

25.   It was plain luck he had sold most of them even before the cold set in.

26.   Some lethal stray bombs, some Puerto Rican nationalism and some plain bad luck have hobbled his plan.

27.   Still, despite a half-dozen incidents of just plain bad luck that have kept the two-time defending series title-holder from winning the big one, Earnhardt remains optimistic.

28.   Arrogance, ineptitude in front of goal or just plain bad luck?