Search results for "Luck" - New World Encyclopedia
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- R. Murrow's, "Good night and good luck," or Walter Cronkite ... R. Murrow's, "Good night and good luck," or Walter Cronkite ...26 KB (3,902 words) - 02:29, 8 December 2022
- *Keeling, Richard. 1993. Cry for Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of Northwestern California. Berkeley, ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping connotes luck. ==Occasions== Gift giving occurs in many different situations. Many occasions are simply ...16 KB (2,568 words) - 23:38, 10 December 2022
- In 1961, Nureyev's luck turned. The Kirov's leading male dancer, Konstantin Sergeyev, was injured, and at the last minute Nureyev was ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- and the Oni dropped his magical Mallet of Luck. As a reward for his bravery ... , the Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- This cap was traditionally worn by shepherds for luck and by married men (for fertility). ==Sikhs== Although not a skullcap per se, the Sikh ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- *Kinako mochi is traditionally made on New Year's Day for luck. This style of mochi preparation includes roasting the mochi over a fire ...16 KB (2,504 words) - 12:55, 10 March 2023
- *Nagel, Thomas. 1991. Moral Luck. In "Mortal Questions. Cambridge: ... *Williams, Bernard. 1976. "Moral Luck," Proceedings of the ...36 KB (5,446 words) - 18:16, 8 December 2022
- he comes of age. However, fearing that Tamar is bad luck and that Shelah too will die if he becomes her husband, Judah does not fulfill his word to her. ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- events, or to end a perceived cycle of bad luck. During the Ming Dynasty, ... months in certain times of the year bring bad luck. The main purpose ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- nature it is still considered a symbol of good luck. == Gallery== Image:Leonardo da Vinci 047.jpg|Painting (the animal is deemed a ferret rather ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:45, 6 September 2023
- in the folk memory. For moments of bad luck, they have a saying: "more was lost at Mohács" (Több is veszett Mohácsnál). To this ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- king and Florence. Boccaccio's notorious bad luck would strike as soon as he arrived. His father went bankrupt, and a little later, his mother died ...15 KB (2,382 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- "I was told one who has good luck strives to do things in favor of others while one who suffers from frustration pays more attention to ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- categories. The cooperative had the good luck to open in 1695 with the première ... himself by quick thinking and good luck. Horner never becomes a reformed ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 19:57, 8 December 2022
- However, the common soldier would have no such luck and therefore he told them they had better fight for their lives. The French were arrayed ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- American Land Company to provide for his family. His luck continued to worsen and he was forced to move in with this daughter and son-in-law in 1845. ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- Meher Baba and Irwin Luck. (compiler). The Silent Master Meher Baba ... *The Silent Master Meher Baba. Irwin Luck. (compiler). (Meher Baba ...32 KB (4,996 words) - 04:10, 9 November 2022
- designs was largely a mix of trial-and-error, luck and serendipity. With advances in origami mathematics however, the basic structure of a new origami ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- offering table to please the ghosts and ward off bad luck. Fourteen days after the festival, to make sure all the hungry ghosts find their way ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 18:53, 21 May 2024
