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...tower, on the 28th floor. (Hong Kong people consider 28 to be an advantageous number because, in Cantonese, it sounds like "easy to prosper.") In case that isn't powerful enough joss, a large Chinese character written on gold paper stands above the reception counter; it's the word "luck...
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: Both Calderón and Bush would rather talk about more upbeat topics--job growth, anyone?--than about the immigration crisis overwhelming both sides of the border. Good luck...
...course, for the first hour and a half—until a late-arriving guitarist broke the silence—there were three musicians in the room, including me. Though the paltry turnout was disheartening, I hoped for better luck in the future...
...optimists might call me a good-luck charm, the impatient a bad-luck charm, and the grouches would counter that there’s no charm in women’s hockey...
Limping out of Logan Airport into the daylight, returning home from the third of my mega-games, I knew, personally, I could call it good luck...