Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...self-styled Balto-Cong raided his underground newspaper in Baltimore and claimed the paper was not radical enough. That, coupled with the fact that a huge chunk of his first paycheck went to the government, began to steer him away from liberalism. "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life but only a fool trusts either of them," writes O'Rourke in Parliament of Whores...
Hill had the first hit of the game, a single in the first inning, but was promptly picked off trying to steal second base. Harvard did not have much luck baserunning, as they were caught stealing second on two other occasions, both times with no outs...
...neighborhood and the newborn's rescuers, meanwhile, have turned the infant into a symbol of life's sweet contingencies -- proof that happy endings can befall the meekest even in the meanest of places. Neighbors are calling him the "miracle baby." Those who found him are marveling at their luck...
...worked my way along the street toward Rudenstine's office at the Mellon Foundation. No luck at the butcher. Likewise at the baker. There didn't appear to be a candlestick maker in the neighborhood, but, with my luck, that wouldn't have mattered. No one seemed to recognize Rudenstine's picture. A cashier at the greengrocer on the corner of Lex and 52nd said she had seen Rudenstine's wife buy groceries once. But she couldn't remember when or what...
Gelb said that the U.S. strategy, which included the coalition of Arab and other states, depended on much luck as well as the stupidity of Saddam Hussein...