Search results for "Luck" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and the X-1 (Glamorous Glennis) after her as a good-luck charm: "You're my good-luck charm, hon. Any airplane I name after you always brings ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- * Raup, David M. 1991. Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? New York: W.W. Norton & Co. * University of California Museum of Paleontology. 2005 ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 06:16, 13 September 2023
- Schumpeter's bad luck was that he was the contemporary of John Maynard Keynes, the two being born but a few months apart. Hence, his prestige ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 04:57, 7 May 2024
- lives in which hard work, perseverance, love and luck win out in the end; virtue would be rewarded and wrong-doers are suitably punished. They tended ...18 KB (2,842 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
- straight at it, you fall short; aim above, and with luck you score. Every kid knows that. I'll tell you the story of my life" (Evelyn Waugh ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- George Luck, "Witches and Sorcerers in Classical Literature, ... * Luck, George. "Witches and Sorcerers in Classical Literature ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- quot;the world's worst jinx," bringing bad luck to all those nearby. Btfsplk always had a small dark cloud over his head. ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- It might even be a presage of bad luck or have dire consequences. Dancers who were learning to do such hula necessarily made many mistakes. ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- carries the hide. The "good-luck charm" hats are used by Chinese newlyweds. Such hunting for their pelts, and the continuous clearing ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- Even here, Goodyear's bad luck seemed to follow him, for the Rider brothers failed and it was impossible to continue the business. ...19 KB (3,096 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- The ceremony is supposed to bring good luck and fertility, while the curse of an unappeased hijra is feared by many. Other sources of income ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- In Vietnam, some consider it bad luck to take a photo with three people ... Luck, especially bad luck, is often said to "come in threes." ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- rather concepts such as names, titles, or good luck symbols.Peter T. Daniels and William Bright, [http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/Melchert/hluvianscript ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- prodigy, Mikan. With a stroke of good luck, the Minneapolis Lakers landed him. ===NBL and BAA Minneapolis Lakers (1947-49)=== In the 1947-1948 ...19 KB (3,019 words) - 14:49, 21 May 2024
- *Hollywood Luck (1932) *The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932) *Hollywood Lights (1932) *Over the Counter (1932) *Air Tonic (1933) *School for Romance (1934) ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 14:44, 23 July 2022
- into the top window of the ruins from the stairs for luck. ===Old Protestant Cemetery in Macau=== [[Image:Macao Protestant Cemetary.jpg|right ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- feathers and beavers were thought to bring luck in gambling. Reptiles were viewed as having strong supernatural power, as was the coyote (Olmstead ...18 KB (2,714 words) - 07:37, 14 June 2023
- The red-crowned crane is a common symbol of luck and fidelity. A pair of red-crowned cranes was used as a design in the D-series of 1,000 yen ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:20, 28 May 2024
- his last great novel, Hemingway's notorious bad luck struck once again; on a safari he suffered injuries in two successive plane crashes. As if this ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- and depended on a run of very good luck, but it was not totally fanciful. Again on July 15, the attempt was called off at the last minute, for ...20 KB (3,280 words) - 10:00, 12 May 2024
