His team lost 12 instead of gaining seven, and trailed by 20 with eight deals remaining.
In the interim, the building has lost tenants instead of gaining them.
Instead of gaining strength from the fact he dramatically turned his season around this time last year, Safin dropped his head.
Instead of gaining rested players though, the Galaxy were faced with twin knee surgeries as both Edson Buddle and Dan Keat underwent the knife.
And instead of gaining a big bounce, Facebook shares quickly slid from their early rise, to $42.05.
But instead of gaining, as it hoped, among the 20 Senate seats up for grabs, it lost one.
"It was as if we had entered a looking-glass world in which, instead of gaining an inheritance, we lost control of the family trust".
Instead of gaining an edge from taking his case to Congress, Clemens came off as an incoherent bully who insisted his old buddy Andy Pettitte "misremembers".
Instead of gaining points for helping middle-income workers, he appeared to have lost his deficit-fighting reputation in just 24 hours.
Instead of gaining a stroke at the hole, Woods lost another stroke, leaving him three behind with seven holes to play and with Sutton playing steady golf.
