Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their stories were moving, the inquiry was perceived as largely feckless, unable to tie the crimes to perpetrators, black or white, on either side of apartheid. Despite offers of amnesty, alleged culprits refused to confess because they were convinced they could get a better deal by trying their luck in court...
...reporting its first significant profit in three years in 1994, TLC Beatrice continues to improve the bottom line, although earnings are still wobbly. "I have no idea how she did it," says David Wells, an investment analyst at Bear Stearns & Co. "Maybe it was hidden talent, or just plain luck, or even some special gene--some kind of Lewis thing...
...Princeton coach or player looking for a tip for this weekend's game, you're out of luck...
Think you can't wait till Nov. 6 for the end of all the whiny negative ads, yawner debates and sloshing special-interest money? If you live in Dallas or Houston, tough luck. Things will only get worse after the election, as a handful of congressional races proceed into a political version of sudden-death overtime. Texas has been forced to stage its own set of December runoffs that could conceivably leave the rest of the nation wondering, for a full five weeks after the election, who will control the House...
...time to avoid becoming lunchtime sushi for chip-dumping Japanese megaliths. And the scent grows stronger as he chronicles his decision not to orient his company to the Internet. The aroma will be sweetly familiar to patrons of casinos, racetracks and presidential elections. It's the smell of luck...