Even if the unfortunate Miller hadn't been on the way out the door, the hearing would have largely been a charade — an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to try and outdo each other in expressing their outrage at an institution that, even in normal times, is roundly loathed.
"But I think the main message is don't be afraid to follow your dreams even if something unfortunate like that or obstacles happen". Correction: A previous version of this story spelled "mining" as "minding".
Three wins, two draws and three defeats is a pretty decent return from their early-season run, although last week's 2-1 loss at Portland soured that somewhat, even if they were unfortunate with a succession of no-calls.
That was not quite the plan when Bayern signed the world's most in-demand coach in 2013, even if Guardiola was unfortunate to take over when Jupp Heynckes had left him an impossible task to follow by winning the club's first treble, completed against Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund at Wembley.
Traits like intellectual courage and carefulness are virtues even if we are unfortunate enough to be the victims of a Cartesian deceiver, and traits like laziness and carelessness are vices even if, contrary to appearances, they turn out to be reliable.
It would be even more unfortunate if, as president, Mr. Bush made similar comments during delicate discussions with the Group of 8; trade talks with high officials of the Chinese government or nuclear weapons discussions with North Korea or Pakistan.
Howard Dean understood this, even if he used an unfortunate example to raise the issue.
But the free-floating rage exacerbated by bombastic political rhetoric is notable and unfortunate, even if one stipulates government excesses and inefficiencies.
"The timing of this romance with a German was unfortunate even if Baron von Dincklage's mother was English and she met him before the war," Ms. dos Reis Nunes said via e-mail.
In a statement, through him, she said: "I thought it was important to make sure all board members were aware of what was going on even if doing so was unfortunate, sad and uncomfortable and even though it meant that I had to resign from a position within a cause that I will always hold near and dear".
Mr. Quinn's failure to confront financial elephants in the room remains unfortunate even if "there isn't much of a constituency for taking the actions that are really going to address the budget and pensions," said John Mark Hansen, a political scientist at the University of Chicago.
