Not because the weather isn't bad, but because it's so severe that our schooner can't put to sea at all.
This wouldn't look so bad if not for the success of his countryman Roger Federer, winner of 17 Grand Slam titles and perhaps the greatest player to ever live.
Which is not bad, if you don't mind being cooped up in a boat for weeks at a stretch.
That's not bad odds, though I don't find this last stretch to be quite as compelling as it could be.
That's a little more than half the long-term average return from stocks and not unreasonable, if the bad news doesn't get much worse.
Champion said that topping the chart was all the more surprising as "we all said not bad for a song that hasn't got a chorus".
Well, look, I really really hope it won't come to that because that's not only bad for the Eurozone.
It's not that they look bad, but they aren't anything special.
And it's not as bad off as Detroit, so living there can't be gritty and cool.
"Washington should not return to its bad habits of spending money it doesn't have, " he said.
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But if the scheme survives the inevitably difficult transition period and the computers don't collapse, the mayor's political prospects do not look bad.
By his own admission, Andy has not been at his best recently, but you don't become a bad player overnight and tennis is a sport in which fortunes can change rapidly.
If all that weren't bad enough, the neophytes overseeing public pension plans are not subject to comprehensive federal or state regulation or to the strictures that the Securities and Exchange Commission imposes on private sector money managers.
Walt says you're only stuck with old baseball and bad movies, which isn't true, at least not for our readers.
Former Labour PM Gordon Brown hired an ex-BBC producer to help ensure he wasn't photographed in a bad light, but it's not always that simple and press photographers are by nature a creative bunch.
If investors twig that European companies aren't such bad investments after all, he says, it will not be so easy for America to finance its current-account deficit with European savings and that points only one way for the dollar.
And consequently, filing a bad case with the best intentions doesn't work and should not work.
"Good genes" are no help if they are silenced, and "bad genes" don't pose much threat if they are not expressed.
The bad news: now you don't have any excuses for not shooting that heartwrenching mumblecore masterpiece you've been telling everyone you're working on.
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If you're new to wine, Pinot Grigio may not be a bad place to start, as its fairly neutral character won't startle the palate, and it is a good jumping-off point for further exploration.
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Of course things are not yet as bad as Zittrain seems to claim, and though I don't often agree with noted free market advocate and libertarian Adam Thierer, his critical review on the Progress and Freedom Foundation blog is well-argued and often insightful.
Not a bad life at any age, but particularly enviable for someone who hasn't even lived a quarter of a century.
Journalists do not have such a financial stake in getting out bad news, so why don't they step into that role?
Well, they're not just trying to say Lay and Skilling are innocent, because they didn't know bad things were going on.
Warning: While custodians for self-directed IRAs do sponsor seminars featuring promoters, they're not allowed to recommend specific investments and aren't on the hook if you pick a bad or bogus one.
E-mail and instant messaging are not universally bad, he says, but if we rely on them too much and don't take the time to interact with people on a personal level, we will pay the price.
So it's too bad David's actions don't make a lot of sense, at least not to this perplexed viewer, who couldn't be sure if the robot was following orders or following his own agenda.
Other brighter points are that where HMV has refitted its stores so that they contain many more high-value technology items, such as tablets, and electronic stuff, the sales decline isn't as bad - sales in those stores are about four or five percentage points better (or not as ghastly) as in older-format stores.
Not playing can get you down, there are going to be good and bad moments, but you mustn't sulk - you've got to make sure you're ready if needed.
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