That quick roll is just the start of a run of ill fortune for the Gaucis.

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To some degree, ill fortune has dogged Benitez, but mistakes have also been made and they they can no longer be swept under the carpet.

BBC: Jonathan Pearce

Foreswearing a Starbucks latte cannot prevent ill fortune.

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But thanks to a sorry saga of his cabinet's incompetence, corruption and ill-fortune (see article) his poll ratings have been plumbing new depths for most of the year.

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If Spurs' fans were dispirited by their team's continuing ill-fortune, it was not on show - and their vociferous support was almost rewarded after 22 minutes when Myhill turned Bale's long-range free-kick on to the bar.

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That David made his fortune selling property to people who could ill afford it is an irony not lost on Ms Greenfield, who intersperses his brazen sales pitches with details of his financial demise.

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IR You repeat the standard claim that Babbage's ill-fated attempt to build a computer cost a fortune and was eventually abandoned.

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Modern computerisation projects, in contrast, tend to have far more in common with Babbage's ill-fated attempt to build a mechanical computer, which cost a fortune and was eventually abandoned.

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