Fortunately, I knew almost exactly what the will had said.

Fortunately for Herbert, Uppark had a magnificent library in which he immersed himself, reading many classic works, including Plato's Republic, and More's Utopia.

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 for Saladin, al-Adil had his warships moved from Fustat and Alexandria to the Red Sea under the command of an Armenian mercenary Lu ' lu.

Fortunately he had started making a name for himself as a composer, although he frequently caused scandals with his forward-looking works.

Fortunately, Warner Bros. had enough of a backlog of cartoons and a healthy reissue program so that there was no noticeable interruption in the release schedule.

Fortunately, a system of aerating pipes at the bottom of the lake had been set up to dissipate the chemical, reducing it to almost nothing by the 29th, preventing further environmental destruction.

Fortunately for herself and for Russia, Elizabeth Petrovna, with all her shortcomings ( documents often waited months for her signature ), had inherited some of her father's genius for government.

Fortunately, one of the Hungarian prison guards had seen Fritz playing for Germany, and told them that Fritz was not German but Austrian.

Fortunately, Shearer herself " had no illusions about the image I saw in the mirror.

Fortunately, Bates ( Eric Blore ), Horace's meddling English valet, disguises himself as a priest and conducts the ceremony ; apparently, Horace had sent Bates to keep tabs on Dale.

Fortunately, the shooting schedule was budgeted for two weeks of post-production photography, so even though the first cut had " some of the free-est, funniest and most sophisticated material that Woody had ever created, and it hurt him to lose it ", late 1976 saw three separate shoots for the final segment, two of which appear in some form.

Fortunately for the Flyers, they had home-ice advantage as they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals by winning Game 7 and in the process made history by becoming the first expansion team to win a playoff series over an original six team.

Fortunately James Mason had just finished filming Doctor Fischer of Geneva for the BBC and the schedule was changed to allow him to take over the part of Sir Randolph Nettleby six weeks later.

Fortunately for Pitt, the king recovered in February 1789, just after a Regency Bill had been introduced and passed in the House of Commons.

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

Fortunately, the Hubble telescope had been designed to allow in-space maintenance, and in December 1993, mission STS-61 carried astronauts to the Hubble to make corrections and change some components.

Fortunately, Chelsea had no publicly held long-term debt — thus, a solution to its problems could be explored in isolation of creditors.

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 his superior, Father Abbot Dom Frederic, saw that Merton had a gifted intellect and talent for writing.

Fortunately, Scott's father had become acquainted with Howard Hughes and provided a letter of introduction for his son to present to the eccentric millionaire filmmaker.

Fortunately for Mayer, Fox was badly injured in a car crash in the summer of 1929, and by the time he recovered he had lost most of his fortune in the fall, 1929 stock market crash, putting an end to the Loew's merger.

Fortunately for the British, the Germans were surprised by gunfire from an unexpected source: Canopus, which had been grounded as a guardship and was behind a hill.

Fortunately it spared us from the usual spate of silly resolutions which in the past have made Georgia look like anything but `` the empire state of the South ''.

" Fortunately Marlborough ’ s newly appointed aide-de-camp, Richard Molesworth, galloped to the rescue, mounted the Duke on his horse and made good their escape, before Murray ’ s disciplined ranks threw back the pursuing French troopers.

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, self-report measures of suggestibility recently became available, and they made it possible to isolate and study the global trait.

Fortunately for Gwang-hae, King Seonjo's abrupt death made it impossible for his most favorite son Yeong-chang Daegun to succeed to the throne.

Fortunately there have been several compilations of Enochian words made to form Enochian dictionaries which can act as a handy reference.

Fortunately for de Lesseps, Mehemet Ali, the viceroy of Egypt, owed his position in part to the recommendations made on his behalf to the French government by Mathieu de Lesseps, who was consul-general in Egypt when Ali was a colonel.

Fortunately, a recording of the work made by Tveitt for French national radio in 1952 has survived.

Fortunately, Crumb had made Xerox copies of the missing pages, which ( according to fellow Zap contributor Victor Moscoso ) successfully captured the linework but not the solid blacks.

Fortunately, Lucky made a full recovery.

Fortunately, Weidenreich had made copies of the fossils to preserve their physical characteristics.

Fortunately, ‘ for those in peril on the sea ’, Lukin was not alone in his ambitions, another independent inventor, a parish clerk from South Shields, William Wouldhave, also made a claim for the invention of the Lifeboat.

Fortunately, because of the diamond jubilee, twenty-one songs from earlier shows were made a part of the program.

Fortunately, Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist, made a determined stand for his fellow countrymen.

Fortunately for Toyota, the problems with the Crown were not seen on the Tiara as the lighter body ( 400 lb less than the Crown ) made the R series engine more sufficient.

Fortunately the college was more or less successful, owing largely to his enthusiasm and energy, and many of the men who were trained there subsequently made their mark in chemical history.

Fortunately, copies had been made of some, but by no means all, of those works that were lost, and many of those damaged could be restored in the nineteenth century.

Fortunately it was at this same time Geoffrey made his son Fulk Nerra his co-ruler since he died shortly thereafter while besieging the fortress of Marcon on 21 July 987.

Fortunately, however, Ancona's thoroughbred voice lives on in a series of gramophone recordings which he made during the first decade of the 20th century for Pathé in 1905-06 and, more rewardingly, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1907-08.

Fortunately, Hanlan ’ s growing celebrity and his solid backing made him financially attractive as an opponent and he was able to get the challenges he wanted without undue delays.

Fortunately for Scherer, there was no flexibility to the Soviet tactics ; the Germans were able to predict accurately where and when each new assault would be made, allowing them to concentrate their meagre resources in that particular sector.

Fortunately the restoration of the Spanish monarchy in the 1870s had now made it possible to repatriate Jesuits back to Spain.

Fortunately the leader of the architects persuaded his fellow students to leave the engineers ' knight unharmed and the group only made off with the original Phoenix Society banner, a remnant of the original mylar phoenix balloon.

Fortunately, the remote surgery was a success, and Stock made a full recovery.