In a bad day on the campaign trail, you might drop a point or two in the polls.
If the economy is bad on Election Day, the rascally Republicans are to blame.
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Fight For This Love sold more copies on its first day than Alexandra Burke's single Bad Boys - the current UK number one - did on its first day last week.
On a bad day, the queue at passport control stretches almost to the runway.
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Some people if they are having a bad day take their frustrations out on us.
On a bad day in the White House, the Dow can drop 382 points.
So on a bad day I try to remember that - it doesn't always work, mind you.
If there were a Michelin red guide to South Africa, this place would get two stars on a bad day.
"If I tried to play what Miles played... and it sounded like I was sounding like Miles on a bad day... then I wouldn't do it, " Lovano says.
Not bad for a relatively stable day on Wall Street.
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By contrast, Goldman's value-at-risk the amount it could lose on a bad day and thus a widely used (if imperfect) measure of risk appetite hit a new high last quarter, jumping most in equities, even as stockmarket volatility fell.
All of this means that, for an outsider who observes even some dubious parenting practice, it can be hard to tell whether a relationship is actually abusive, or whether you've simply caught a family on a bad day.
Although not everybody's cup of tea (on a bad day, the service can be as churlish as any greasy-spoon in Barnsley, circa 1972), its products and style are said to be enjoyed by Anglophile masochists such as Quentin Tarantino.
Who wants to go to the New York Times Web site, only to be hawked Pepto-Bismol Chewables (maybe a good thing on a bad news day)?
On the same day that Encysive got its bad news, Cubist Pharmaceuticals announced a two-month delay on a key new marketing claim for its antibiotic.
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley accused the government of trying to bury bad news by publishing the report on the day Tony Blair was expected to announce his resignation.
England took just five overs to knock off the 28 runs needed for victory on the final day after being denied the chance to do so on the previous evening by bad light.
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Topping off the list is Daniel Powter, whose hit "Have a Bad Day, " was used as the send-off song on the fifth season of "American Idol, " making it the biggest single of 2006.
On the same day that Encysive got its bad news, Cubist Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: CBST - news - people ) announced a two-month delay on a key new marketing claim for its antibiotic.
Bad behaviour was commonplace, she said, but on the day of the assaults the two young pupils were "out of control" and had caused damage to the property and physically assaulted a member of staff over the course of a few hours.
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There are even admonitions to avoid certain activities on New Year's Day because they portend bad luck for the coming year.
In that 24-21 heartbreaker, the Pats got the shaft from referee Ben Dreith, who capped a tough day of bad calls with a roughing penalty against lineman Richard Hamilton on Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler on a third-and-18 play to keep a late drive going.
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Much depends on whether Dad is having a good day or a bad day.
Of course, this is not the only example of how snooping on customers without their knowledge can lead to a bad news day.
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Schwab's sagging stock price rose by more than 6% on the day it was announced, despite hearing the bad earnings figures at the same time.
But vets spend much of the day on their feet, sometimes have to work outside in bad weather and must absorb the stress that comes with the illness and death of beloved animals, which keeps the job from making the top of the list.
Since taking on the captaincy our one-day form has been so bad at Kent that we could only go one way.
Currently, this stuff sits on my external hard drive, and it would be a very bad day if that hard drive were to fail.
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With 6.4 overs left of the scheduled 90, bad light returned to bring the players off and play will start 15 minutes early on day two at 0815 GMT.
For the record we do not think this about all advisors (just the bad ones), a point we reinforced in an update on our blog the day the criticism erupted.
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