Ironically, the following two seasons also saw the Cubs get off to a fast start, as the team rallied to over 10 games above. 500 well into both seasons, only to again wear down and play poorly later on, and ultimately settling back to mediocrity.

Ironically, as noted above, the mineral gadolinite actually contains only traces of Gd.

Ironically, though, Guy is the only character who goes unharmed in the adventure.

" Ironically ," wrote theatre critic Lucy Komisar, " possibly his only true book ... about a successful author who is shown to be a fraud.

Ironically, only Prost was able to agree terms with Williams for 1993, leaving a seat free for Patrese had he remained with the team.

Ironically, Gearreald was blind and could not see the clock ; she had no idea only a few moments were left in the game.

Ironically, Allan Loughead himself had planned to bid for his own company, but had raised " only " $ 50, 000 ($), which he felt was too small a sum for a serious bid.

Ironically he was the only soldier involved in the Affair to serve in the First World War.

Ironically, O ' Sullivan's term became popular only after it was criticized by Whig opponents of the Polk administration.

Ironically it is only Steerpike, the power hungry, psychopathic and devious rebel, who shares Titus ' contempt for the rules and traditions of Gormenghast.

Ironically, the only remaining estate that was not removed for flower cultivation ( Keukenhof ) became world-famous for its flower displays.

Ironically, despite the developer-litigants ' claimed interest in allowing poor people to live in Easttown, they only built houses that sold at well over the average value in Pennsylvania.

( Ironically, the demand for rayon fabric for trendy clothing shot upward only a few years later.

Ironically, Geldof had previously refused to allow the video to be shown, due to time constraints, and had only relented when Bowie offered to drop the song " Five Years " from his set as a trade-off.

Ironically, Derrick May once described Detroit techno music as being a " complete mistake ... like George Clinton and Kraftwerk caught in an elevator, with only a sequencer to keep them company.

Ironically, but as testament to the pure political expediency of the purchases, the Princes of Liechtenstein did not permanently live in their new principality for over 200 years, moving only in 1938 into the Alpine territory.

Ironically again, the next one to die is Guy, the only one who has not had sex with Reg and who seems to have been infected with HIV when he was raped during his holiday in Lanzarote.

Ironically, Moorer has always been recognized as a former light heavyweight champion despite only ever holding the same organization's title at that weight.

Ironically, Jake Spoon decides not to go after all, being selfish and undependable and because he promises the town's only prostitute, Lorena Wood, known as Lorie, he'll take her to San Francisco.

Ironically, though most of the love-shy men disliked or even hated their parents, they visited them constantly, because they were the only people they could interact with and also to receive financial support despite also receiving heavy hazing.

Ironically, only the U. S. Marine Corps, whose commanders had stored and maintained their World War II surplus inventories of equipment and weapons, proved ready for deployment, though they still were understrength and in need of suitable landing craft to practice amphibious operations ( Johnson had transferred most of the remaining craft to the Navy and reserved them for use in training Army units ).< ref name = Shipmate2000 > As U. S. and South Korean forces lacked sufficient armor and artillery to repel the North Korean forces, Army and Marine Corps ground troops were instead committed to a series of costly rearguard actions as the enemy steadily progressed down the Korean peninsula, eventually encircling Pusan.

Ironically, he had applied only some months earlier, on February 8, 1937, for a leave of absence from the University in order to accept a position offered him at Stanford.

Ironically, Hewes was not only one of the few people in favor of a war against Britain but was one of the few Quakers in Congress.

Ironically: the same people who were, for decades, stigmatised as ultra-Croatian " linguistic nationalists " ( Stjepan Babić, Dalibor Brozović, Radoslav Katičić, Miro Kačić ) have been accused as pro-Serbian " political linguists " simply because they opposed these " language purges " that wanted to kick out numerous words of Church Slavonic origin ( which are common not only to Croatian and Serbian, but are also present in Polish, Russian, Czech and other Slavic languages ).

Ironically the Max Meldrum-led Australian Tonalism movement, which rejected modernist art and promoted a unique form of painting in accordance with Meldrum's theories of art, has since been recognized as a precursor to Modernist forms of art, including Minimalism, and art historian Bernard William Smith noted that Meldrum is perhaps the only Australian artist to develop and practice his own fully formulated theory of painting.

Ironically, the great anti-imperialist rebel was now identified with the head of the British Empire, and her statue stood guard over the city she razed to the ground.

Ironically, the pressure now upon them comes from non-renewable resources such as oil, sometimes to make synthetic clothing which is advocated as a humane substitute for fur.

Ironically, the Valkyrie plan had been agreed to by Hitler but was now secretly changed to sweep the rest of his regime from power in the event of his death.

Ironically the very fear which motivated airline deregulation legislation, bankruptcy, has now been repeatedly visited upon it with effects equal to the Penn Central Railroad incident.

Ironically, it now appears that rumors started to hide the fact that the family was dead actually fueled the rumors they were alive.

Ironically, it was now Van Buren who was reluctant to drop Johnson from the ticket, fearing that dropping the Democrats ' own war hero would split the party and cost him votes to Harrison.

Ironically, three decades after consolidation, the same segment of seasonal residents that originally pushed for consolidation now are protesting that Hague is taxed disportionately.

Ironically, many microcredit organizations now function as independent banks.

Ironically, some of these areas that have preserved their telephone boxes have now painted them red.

Ironically, Kellenberger replaced original Smoking Popes drummer Mike Fellumlee, who played drums for Alkaline Trio on their album, From Here to Infirmary, after the Smoking Popes broke up, and now plays with Squirtgun ).

Ironically though, online support groups exist now.

Ironically, Wroxton Abbey is now owned by Fairleigh Dickinson University, an American college.

Ironically, the region is now one of the PS ' worst regions.

Ironically, the name Waterloo was dropped from the original building, which still stands, and it is now known simply as the Royal Hotel.

Ironically, The Walt Disney Company bought Marvel Comics in 2009, bringing the all-original DFE library and the Marvel Comics-based DFE library back full circle and as a result DFE is now owned by Disney.

" Ironically enough, it was only a year previous that Fouché had been " an advocate of the role of the clergy in education ," yet he was now " abandoning the role of religion in society altogether in favour of ' the revolutionary and clearly philosophical spirit ' he had first wanted for education.

Ironically, the apparatchik is grateful to see Ivan and gives him a hot dog for free, showing his appreciation for the life he now has in America.

Ironically, another of this species was not verified in Cape May for another 100 years, although it is now known that the species is an uncommon migrant through the area.

Ironically, two of the new buildings, executed in a brutalist style, are now listed buildings.

Ironically this method was not employed due to the novelty of its application but it is now an industry standard internationally.

Ironically, the PNB Website now claims Lala Lajpat Rai to be the founding father, surpassing Rai Mul Raj and Dyal Singh Majithia.

Ironically, Durham Life bought WRDU in 1978 and changed its call letters to WPTF-TV ( it is now MyNetworkTV affiliate WRDC-TV, owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group ).

Ironically, Smarty Jones ( the first undefeated Kentucky Derby winner since Seattle Slew ) now occupies his predecessor's former stall.

Ironically, because the Texas had already to some extent engaged the Teresa, the Vizcaya, and the Colon, and now the Oquendo more closely and even the trailing Spanish torpedo boats, and had been involved with the excitement of the maneuvers by Brooklyn and Oregon, it received excellent press, far more than it actually deserved, and this to some extent may have exacerbated the negative impression arising from it having to first stop to avoid potential collision and then having its fire masked.