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) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- a unique demon of destruction and bad luck, according to Hesiod a daughter of Echidna and of Orthrus or, according to others, of Typhon and ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- *Lindsay's Luck (1878) *Haworth's (1879) *Louisiana (1880) *A Fair Barbarian (1881) *Through One Administration (1883) *Little Lord ...16 KB (2,561 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- Owing to a stroke of luck, the royal family escaped unharmed from the catastrophe. King Joseph I of Portugal and the court had left the city ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 04:24, 29 October 2022
- #039;s first recordings, having better luck with stations that catered ... *Pot Luck (June 5, 1962) *Girls! Girls! Girls! (November 9, 1962) ...31 KB (4,709 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- of world affairs, culture, zeitgeist, talent, and luck. It is simply no longer possible to have a life like his. What 21st-century Belgian-born aristocrat ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 03:52, 15 August 2023
- hopes. At the end of a process marked by chance, luck, and coincidence, and driven by greed, hatred, and the lust for power, embodied in a repressive ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 15:02, 26 October 2022
- practices like the use of horseshoes for luck, or charms to ward off evil ... enemy, are often used for healing and good luck in different areas of one ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- 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) - 16:27, 15 August 2021
- *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
- 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 (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- in the West and in Mexico, but was down on his luck. On August 22, 1936, Seabiscuit raced for the first time for his new jockey and trainer, in ...19 KB (3,089 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- quot; was the Egyptian word for "good luck" (which it is not). It is also possible that Bond adapted the name of the fabled Moroccan ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- have, of course, no real effect upon one's luck or upon a ball half way down an alley, just as in the present case the food would appear as often ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
