Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Come to think of it, it does not much feel like luck that we met. That would imply that his second seminar was an aberration, when in fact it was a reflection of how much he loved language and literature and of how much he loved his students. Even in the last few, difficult months, Richard always had time, and what's more, wisdom...
Unfortunately, Styperek's luck ran out against Columbia's Akram Zaman, the No. 12 seed. After winning the first set 6-3, Styperek lost the momentum and the match...
...your own family holidays don't satisfy your need for dysfunction, you may be in luck. An as yet unidentified thief has stolen home videos of MICHAEL JACKSON and his two children taken last Christmas and New Year's and has been attempting to sell them to news outlets. Footage taken of the family at a Euro Disney hotel last July was also pilfered. The tapes, for which the thief is demanding a $100,000 ransom, were stolen recently from a hotel room in France. Jackson's lawyers have threatened "immediate action" against any publication tempted to publish the photos...
...month we'd been climbing and exploring in this corner of Antarctica. To visit such a wilderness in the waning moments of the 20th century struck us as a rare and fleeting privilege--an incredible stroke of good luck. Keeping this firmly in mind, we went to extraordinary lengths to minimize our impact on the place so that others would find it in a similarly pristine condition. When we departed, we even packed out our accumulated feces. I couldn't help thinking, however, that 100 years in the future, or even 50, a genuine wilderness experience will probably be hard...
Another cause is foods like onions or garlic, in which case you're out of luck: essential oils from such foods get into the blood, then into the lungs, then out with each exhaled breath. Even in the 21st century, if you want the flavor, you risk disfavor...