But the luck that had been running their way left him.

He wondered where the superstition had originated that it was bad luck for a crew chief to watch his plane take off on a combat mission.

When I mentioned that for my first long voyage I did not even have the money for the return fare, but had trusted to luck that I would earn a sufficient amount, the young people looked at me doubtingly.

Hearst's luck was even poorer when he had a chat with Franklin K. Lane, a prominent California journalist and reform politician, whom he asked for his support.

His money was tied up in a Nassau hotel, an Ohio pottery works, and a detergent for window-washing, and luck had been running against him.

The din was successful, too, for just before the moon disappeared, the frightened toad had begun to spit it out again, which meant good luck all around.

Palfrey tried fruitlessly to place a Negro boy in the Hopedale Community, but he had better luck in his other attempts.

`` I haven't had any luck since I was a baby ''.

His luck had failed him, and it was easier to crawl off into bed than to get out and fight the world.

In the early history of curling, the playing stones ( or rocks ) were simply flat-bottomed river stones that were sometimes notched or shaped ; the thrower, unlike those of today, had little control over the stone, and relied more on luck than on skill and strategy.

By luck, these men found the Valley of Copiapó, where a Spaniard called Gonzalo Calvo Barrientos, a Spaniard whom Pizarro had expelled from Peru for stealing objects the Inca had offered for his ransom, had already established a friendship with the local natives.

Humayun had much bad luck throughout his life.

She notes that whatever he had done would have brought him ill luck.

In his opinion, Christianity, along with teleological Aristotelianism that the church had come to accept, allowed practical decisions to be guided too much by imaginary ideals and encouraged people to lazily leave events up to providence or, as he would put it, chance, luck or fortune.

The King and his generals wanted to push on, conquer Bohemia and march to Vienna, but Bismarck, worried that Prussian military luck might change or that France might intervene on Austria's side, enlisted the help of the Crown Prince ( who had opposed the war but had commanded one of the Prussian armies at Königgrätz ) to change his father's mind after stormy meetings.

Carlos Antonio López had survived mainly with caution and a good bit of luck ; Solano López had neither.

She had better luck at other studios in Hollywood, appearing in supporting roles in a string of films, including Abe Lincoln in Illinois ( as Mary Todd Lincoln ), Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet ( as Mrs. Ehrlich ) and Action in the North Atlantic, in the early 1940s.

Several supplements were published for TNE covering most if not all of what the year 1201 was like, but before any of the meta-events could start to advance the timeline, GDW fell on a string of bad luck and finally was forced to close its doors, after twenty two years in which it had published one new product every 22 days on average ( not counting magazines ).

According to author Brian Carroll, Lyons had been underestimated when he assumed office in 1932 and as leader he demonstrated: " a combination of honesty, native shrewdness, tact, administrative ability, common sense, good luck and good humour that kept him in the job longer than any previous Prime Minister except Hughes ".

Upon the death of his treasured pet black cat, he is said to have lamented that his luck was gone.

She is still single, but she had gone from being a down on her luck student to becoming the executive director of a large factory.

Gilchrist and Ponting paired up well, however, even though Gilchrist rode his luck with a few drives in the air, but in the tenth over he gave a somewhat dubious catch to slip Khaled Mahmud, and was gone for 45-all while rain threatened to damage the match.

As luck would have it, at the same time she's gone, the police run into trouble in Policetown.

Gilchrist and Ponting paired up well, however, even though Gilchrist rode his luck with a few drives in the air, but in the tenth over he gave a somewhat dubious catch to slip Khaled Mahmud, and was gone for 45-all while rain threatened to damage the match.

Gilchrist and Ponting paired up well, however, even though Gilchrist rode his luck with a few drives in the air, but in the tenth over he gave a somewhat dubious catch to slip Khaled Mahmud, and was gone for 45-all while rain threatened to damage the match.

*"... it's great luck and company I've won me in the end of time — two fine women fighting for the likes of me — till I'm thinking this night wasn't I a foolish fellow not to kill my father in the years gone by.

On the last day of spring semester classes, graduating seniors kiss Minerva's feet for luck and lifelong wisdom.

Minerva remains decorated throughout the school year ; then during the morning of the last day of classes and after singing around the Sycamore tree, the senior class takes turns kissing the feet of Minerva, believed to be good luck and bring success and prosperity to all graduation seniors.

For good luck people wash their face with holy water in the morning, their chests at noon, and their feet in the evening before they go to bed.

He arrived in the city without incident, but a drought followed the same year, and the pagans " imputed the thing to the coming of the blessed man, saying that ' It was revealed unto us by Marnas that the feet of Porphyry bring bad luck to the city '.

They throw her onto a conveyor belt after Jinx makes " bad luck " for her by sinking her feet in the ground, preventing her from getting away.

D -- n the luck -- I have puffed he high and dry -- got a large transparency and a flag 10 16 feet painted for her -- besides newspaper cut and now curse her -- she must up foot and die.

He was instead the crafty street urchin who through quick wits and luck rose from impoverishment to riches ".

This street later became frequented by people down on their luck, and both the name and its meaning morphed into the modern term.

However Lou as a boxer did not have much luck, although that might have been due to the fact he barely had time to train, having to go out to the street and perform many types of jobs to try to help the Duva family make ends meet.

It is considered good luck to rub or grasp one of your buttons if you pass one in the street.

The street, as a whole, is the best-preserved Victorian era high street in Sydney, and development controls ensure that this will not change, even though it came about by luck.

Dave the Dude ( Glenn Ford ) is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie ( Bette Davis ) to bring him good luck.

He heads back to the track to help the patrons of Marty's bar across the street, but when he suggests sharing his luck by betting their money, they balk at the idea.

Tony " le Stéphanois " has served a five-year prison term for a jewel heist, and is now out on the street and down on his luck.

The differences between the loser and the Class A citizen were often based on twisting of proper etiquette ( such as not wasting water when washing, resulting in only washing the hands ), machismo ( driving a Mercedes-Benz instead of a " Japanese piece of junk "), or just on plain absurdity ( crossing a street while relying solely on luck, as opposed to " style, skill, pain or common sense ").