Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...land. "I get out of the plane, and it's a surreal scene from a Tarzan movie," the Congressman recalls. A delegation of threadbare Dinka fighters from Kerubino's army lined up to greet him. Richardson had on a tie and the same blazer he'd worn for good luck in every other hostage negotiation...
Roby residents have reason to be suspicious of their good luck, which has been unfamiliar lately. Misfortunes have descended with biblical force: a three-year drought, a continuing plague of boll weevils and crashing cattle prices. Twenty-eight winners were farmers or ranchers, and three-fourths of them were in deep financial trouble. "In June they were fixing to come get our stuff," says Kathy Terry of the bankers who hold the notes on their farm. "We've kept it going only because we got a loan from my dad. My husband was already looking around for other work." Manuel...
...other hand, some musicians have nothing but their own bad luck, or bad attitudes, to blame for their commercial missteps. Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and Nirvana did not mount much of a publicity campaign or tour to support their new albums because, in the case of Pearl Jam, the band has become too haughty to do interviews and is involved in a long-running feud with Ticketmaster; in the case of R.E.M., the band was plagued with health-related problems and decided to skip a major tour; and in the case of Nirvana, the record--a live album--was released...
...stars. Without them, life would be hellish; and because of them, life for the Methuselah wannabes will be hell. I am thrilled to see that scientists have found another way to let the wealthy inherit what's left of the earth. I say to the rich and famous, good luck, enjoy the long and youthful life your money will buy, strive to be like your furniture--antique--and change spare body parts as often as your cars do. Hold on to what's left of the earth--along with the nine-legged, three-eyed frogs; the leafless trees...
...124th: Good luck!--you'll do a great...