Westwood and Francesco Molinari had been disappointing in their 3&2 defeat to Jason Dufner and Zack Johnson, and veteran Westwood may count himself fortunate to be going back out on Saturday morning. .
Coming as it does after the destruction of the breast-implant industry, where there was no scientific evidence linking the industry's product to any serious disease, the tobacco industry may count itself lucky to survive.
The reason to risk actual disenfranchisement is to combat the possibility that some voters may "feel" disenfranchised because they think their votes may count less thanks to unproven fraud.
It may count that, according to Matisse, he never ate even the fresh food that he used for still-lifes — including oysters, from a restaurant in Nice, that were returned in time for the lunch crowd.
In terms of an unpredictable contest which she trailed 3-0 in the first set and 3-1 in the third - and which, at one stage, was slipping so rapidly from her grasp that she lost seven consecutive games - she may count herself lucky to remain in the tournament at all.
It may help to actually count to ten before you say anything.
For example, when a family is unable to pay fees to have a youth on probation, each failure to pay may count as a probation offense, likely sending the youth to jail.
For a man campaigning to force a greater range of faces on TV screens, it may count as second best to have got them on the radio.
Tiny margins psychologically, but ones Hamilton knows may count over a season likely to go to the wire – as everyone at Wimbledon on Sunday afternoon is aware, it simply does not do to make unforced errors.
But the firm's past successes may count against it, according to one banker, because of the principle of "distributive justice".
