Fortunately, the giraffes with long necks had a larger range of food choice ( based on height ) and thus lived longer and this trait was selected for through natural selection.

Fortunately, Iron Man realizes that the Brood are drugging food to amplify aggression-relying on his armor's own life-support systems to prevent him succumbing to the ' infection '- and is able to uncover the plot.

Fortunately, his other downstream ventures which included the plastic packaging company, Daibochi and the snack food factory, Sedap Food flourished and were later listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange ( KLSE ).

Fortunately, efforts made to prevent polluting ground water in the region, coupled with the natural regenerative effects of the running water, have largely restored the cave to a pristine condition.

Fortunately, the Dutch words doepen and dumpelen meant literally to immerse or ' dunk in water '.

Fortunately for the Germans, Kronborg had been scuttled by her captain to avoid a coal fire after repeated hits by the British cruiser and the ship settled in shallow water ; nearly her entire cargo could be salvaged.

Fortunately for future historians Lake Michigan has just the right combination of depth, cold and fresh water to preserve these aircraft.

Fortunately, the Carrangers managed to restore their friend to normal by tricking him into drinking natural mineral water.

Fortunately, Tucker has altered the target, and the beam harmlessly strikes the water near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fortunately he landed safely in the water and was rescued by a PT boat.

Fortunately we were alone in the building -- so few people nowadays are interested even in their own past or in the lovely craft of other days -- for they began to abuse each other in the foulest language.

Fortunately for Moscow, its major enemies, the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, were engaged in a bitter conflict with each other, which provided Russia the opportunity to make peace with Sweden in 1617 and to sign a truce with the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1619.

Fortunately, they are able to hole up undetected in their hut and succeed in ambushing the other ship when it lands, capturing the pilot.

Fortunately, recent studies have found a new way of determining what stage of development Silphid larvae are in by measuring the maximum cranial width and other heavily sclerotized areas of the larvae instead of measuring just the length, which is subject to change with each larva, particularly in O. inaequale and N. surinamensis, which are more robust and have greater variations of length respectively.

Fortunately, the university had insurance against subsidence, so it was able to pay for the south-west corner of the building to be demolished and replaced by a new wing at the other end of the building.

Fortunately, the Act contained the so-called Hamlet Clause, adopted some 15 years earlier to accommodate other communitarian groups such as Mennonites, which would allow the beneficiaries of the Act to live not on the actual land grant, but in a village (" hamlet ") within from their land.

Fortunately for Ii, even though he was sent to the monastery, his 13 elder brothers were either adopted into other families who needed an heir or died before they succeeded his father.

Fortunately there is current research going on about Mary and other women like her.

Fortunately, the Robotech Expeditionary Force ( REF ) had long been self sufficient with the help of other recently established extraterrestrial settlements, and was only minimally hampered by the loss of Earth.

Fortunately, he never had to ; instead, a compromise tariff was proposed by Henry Clay — one which John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians eventually accepted.

Fortunately, the husband of a publicist friend is a violinist in the Guarneri Quartet, and he enlists the support of other well-known musicians, including Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman.

Fortunately, Rick's care eventually helps Marlo return to full health despite the intervention of many other well-meaning friends and family.

Fortunately, grain tonnage was increasing, and the company transported large quantities from Buffalo to Philadelphia and other Eastern markets.

Fortunately for the survival of his music, his son Nathaniel edited most of it and published a huge collection of it ( titled Musica Deo sacra et ecclesiae Anglicanae ; or Music dedicated to the Honor and Service of God, and to the Use of Cathedral and other Churches of England ) in 1668, after his death ; much of it otherwise would have been lost during the Civil War.

Fortunately they, along with Ghost Rider, manage to rescue many of the Brood's other uninfected prisoners, only to have the " Spirit of Vengeance " become infected himself.

Fortunately for WABC, the other Top 40 outlets could not be heard well in certain New York and New Jersey suburbs, since WINS, WMGM, and WMCA were all directional stations.

( Fortunately the Roly-Poly Bird, a character also featured in several other works by Dahl, with the assistance of the Muggle-Wumps, manages to caution unsuspecting birds of the fate that awaits them if they perch on the tree on the Twits ' property ).

Fortunately, Man-At-Arms, who recognizes He-Man as the alter ego of Adam, quickly steps in and stops him, informing Teela and the other Masters that the new hero is He-Man and that the Sorceress had told him of He-Man's coming beforehand.

Fortunately all turns out well when the new man turns out to be a thief, the ice melts between Sandra's parents when they bump into each other at the girls ' flat and Sandra & Beryl decide to give their Pennines holiday to Sandra's parents as a second honeymoon and book themselves a break in Blackpool after all.

Fortunately, his son Andrew Secombe was willing give it a go, and so the cast was arranged around him, with the sons of several other cast members getting involved too, creating, in the words of Dirk, " a genetically-engineered tribute band " to the Goons.

Fortunately for Griffin, a group of Pilgrims ( bats who attempt to convince the other inhabitants of the Underworld that they are dead ) appear at the colony to try to convince the colonists that they are dead.

Fortunately, the other bands were gracious enough to share drums.

Fortunately it is also not necessary in those applications, where heavy cuts, aggressive speeds and feeds, and constant, all-day cutting are not vital.

Fortunately for performance-oriented UK buyers, supplies of the redesigned inlet manifold must have improved and the company relented in time for the London Motor Show in October 1966 when the 2000 TC became available for the UK market.

Fortunately in 1972 the brothers Molenaar bailed it out and invested heavily in the club, to the point that AZ ' 67 were successful in the late seventies and early eighties.

Fortunately, these invasions were not frequent but when they occurred they caused an incalculable amount of devastation and suffering.

Fortunately, there were no fatalities.

Fortunately, many treasures were still safe 500 yards away in the underground Catholic church.

Fortunately, although the dimensional distance prevented the Professor from telepathically contacting his students directly-although he could penetrate the dimensional barrier, his weakened powers were subsequently unable to access the complex minds of his students-he was able to make contact with Jeffery Saunders, the mentally handicapped grandson of a recently-deceased friend of his, whose mental state meant that he lacked the conflicting thoughts that had prevented the Professor reaching the X-Men.

Fortunately, the Scottsboro defendants benefited from their two landmark triumphs in the United States Supreme Court mostly from the fact that they were all relieved from their death sentences they received at their first trial in Scottsboro.

Fortunately, the tornado struck immediately after the day shift had ended and casualties were minimal.

Fortunately, there were no fatalities or serious injuries.

Fortunately, the German commander agreed to surrender and the German soldiers were evacuated to Wilhelmshaven in Germany.

Fortunately only minor injuries to residents were reported.

Fortunately, after the war the county records were found intact in a cell in the jail, where they had been concealed by R. W.

Fortunately, no lives were lost as hundreds of horrified people watched, powerless to save one hundred years of growth and industry.

Fortunately his appeals to the Royal Academy for financial assistance, were successful in the 1830s, as again in the 1860s, when they provided him with a pension of £ 200 a year as an honorary retired RA.

Fortunately, all debts were paid by President Alessandro Del Torso through the sale of some of his paintings and Udinese could thus join the Second Division in which they came fourth.

Fortunately, the movement of the switch occurred beneath the final coach, so that although 7 people were killed, the front coaches remained on the tracks.

Fortunately, most of the major churches, two of them now UNESCO World Heritage Sites, were rebuilt in the original style soon after the war.

Fortunately for the Allies two new British fighters were already in production which were a technical match for the Fokker. The F. E. 2b and the D. H. 2 were both " pushers " and could fire forwards without gun synchronisation.

Fortunately, in Oxyrhynchus, a few papyrus fragments were found and published ( P. Oxy 2309, 3693 and 3694 ).

Fortunately, the archbishop was very pleased with the meal and the nuns were able to save face.

Fortunately for the Sparks, this was good enough to qualify them for fourth place in the Western Conference, but they were swept by the eventual champion Seattle Storm in the first round.

Fortunately, the satellite contained extra propellant beyond what was needed for its attitude control thrusters, and during the next several months the thrusters were fired at carefully-planned intervals gradually moving TDRS-l into its geosynchronous operating orbit, thus saving the $ 100-million satellite.