Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hunt brothers pioneered some of the new production techniques in a subterranean formation known as Green Canyon, some 240 km (150 miles) southwest of New Orleans. But they failed to make the big strike they needed to salvage their collapsing financial empire. Conoco followed the Hunts and had more luck, finding sizable deposits at the * 535-m (1,760-ft.) level. The company, with Occidental and Texaco, spent $400 million to build the world's deepest production platform, and has been producing from 20 wells for about a year...
Fledgling Prime Minister John Major could be forgiven for expecting his Conservative Party to seek a little harmony after the internal revolt that ousted Margaret Thatcher. No such luck...
Most of the time I simply put the books in the small pocket of my backpack. To add a little pizazz, I put them right on top of the main pocket a couple of times. Beginning to think that I was charmed with luck, I even had a friend...
...Call it luck. Call it ESP. Call it residual effects from Quadlines. I have a radar for corned beef...
...knows, the shoppers might even bring Harvard (1-4) a little bit of luck. The Crimson has not been able to buy a victory from the four Division I opponents it has faced this year...