Sent to an orphanage at age 7 because his mother couldn't support her five children, he soon threw himself into work, intent on improving his future.
On another bike, one of his teammates couldn't shift gears during the entire first stage.
In terms of wins and losses, his comeback couldn't be going any better than it is.
A. dropped a quintuple murder case after his office couldn't find the lone witness.
His performance couldn't get the Rangers back to the third round after the lockout-shortened, 48-game regular season.
His response couldn't have been more different as he sank into the oversized blazer he was wearing.
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His family couldn't afford tuition, so Moore went to a small college about 25 miles south, in Ellisville.
He first learned to use a computer because his handwriting was so small that his teachers couldn't read it.
He has put together what his father couldn't: a coherent, plausible plan for turning this team into a winner, financially and on the field.
He said he was introduced to the pastime in the aftermath of a hurricane during the 1950s when his dad couldn't find anyone else to clear the debris.
His mother couldn't afford to pay college tuition, so he landed an engineering scholarship at West Virginia Institute of Technology, later receiving a master's degree from Princeton University.
Inspired, Hemmings and his father couldn't resist building their own.
Frustrated that his cast couldn't fit the dialogue into a single shot, Mr. Eastwood took a cue from Howard Hawks's fast-talking screwball comedy to punch up a brooding Boston-set crime melodrama.
D'Antoni resigned earlier this month when he realized that his offense couldn't mesh with the style of another Knicks star, Carmelo Anthony, and Lin's numbers have gone down under interim coach Mike Woodson.
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His moment of recognition came late on a raw winter's night, when he hankered to stay under his blankets but couldn't, because his family business makes quirky demands: Oyster growers like the Bishops engage in a rare branch of agriculture that farms in two elements, exposed earth and water.
But Hank Greenberg had ruled AIG so absolutely and was so accustomed to getting his way that he couldn't fathom his own board's sacrificing him to rescue his company.
As Mitt Romney made his speech surrounded by his family I couldn't help notice the different features of two of his sons, behind his left and right shoulders.
Or the auto worker in Toledo who was laid off his job and couldn't figure out how he was going to support his family, and had to have that conversation with his kids explaining how dad is out of work right now and so we're going to have to tighten our belts, and we're not sure we're going to make the mortgage payments.
Harold Metts, D-Providence, told his colleagues that he couldn't go against his religious convictions and that residents in his community are more concerned about other matters.
The player said in his resignation statement that he couldn't lead his team, and the BCB said it would examine whether the players supported him.
Kathy and Zeitoun -- most people called him by his last name because they couldn't pronounce his first -- ran a company, Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC, and every day their crews, their clients, everyone with a phone and their number, seemed to think that once the clock struck six-thirty, it was appropriate to call.
Lancome's lawyer, Peter D Raymond, said his client "couldn't control everybody out in the world".
He died too young, after a dinner with friends which his weakened liver couldn't take.
His father dropped his coffee and ran after his son but couldn't catch him, the mother said.
As he always does, Harvey criticized his showing, disappointed that he couldn't replicate his outing from Tuesday, when he pitched nine shutout innings.
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