In part, I'm sure, it was all those Thanksgiving games: the great relief of excusing ourselves from dry turkey and stuffy conversation to relax for a moment together and watch our favorite team do battle, even if the chances were strong that our team was losing that battle badly.
Arianna says it's not reform without a public plan; Matt says that insurance exchanges can move group coverage to a place beyond employer-provided insurance; while Tony explains what French strategic thinking is - and likens it to Obama's tactics in fighting this battle badly.
But after Brook's classy start, Jones battled back and badly bloodied Brook's nose in the eighth as the British fighter began to look ragged.
The beginning of the battle went badly for the Americans.
Some writers have asserted that the Okinawa battle was badly handled by the American side and largely unnecessary, and that all conclusions based on it are suspect.
The unionization battle has badly divided workers at the gleaming white Nissan plant here, which stretches four-fifths of a mile along Interstate 55 and produces 450,000 Altimas, Sentras and other vehicles a year.
They then reasoned as follows: Any commander who could be so confident as to willfully destroy his own option to be prudent if the battle went badly for him must have good reasons for such extreme optimism.
The battle unfolded badly.
The battle began badly for the 39th.
After an initial success in which William's forces destroyed the Angevins' Welsh infantry, the battle went badly for Stephen.
