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

As luck had it, he had not gone twenty feet in the street before Pat appeared.

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 ''.

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 ".

Stuart received significant criticism from the Southern press as well as the postbellum proponents of the Lost Cause movement, but historians have failed to agree on whether Stuart's exploit was entirely the fault of his judgment or simply bad luck and Lee's less-than-explicit orders.

If his plans failed, it was almost always out of luck on behalf of the other characters.

According to another tradition, the Palladium failed to bring Diomedes any luck due to the unrighteous way he obtained it.

He then tried his luck with a small restaurant, but failed and got a job with the Works Project Administration.

The 1996 contest also featured two novelties — which similarly failed to become a tradition — firstly a short ' good luck message ' for each entry, recorded by a political leader or official from their country.

Even here, Goodyear's bad luck seemed to follow him, for the Ryder Bros. had failed and it was impossible to continue the business.

In a game where the Bulldogs ' quarterback failed to complete a single pass and was intercepted twice, Dooleys ' ' Dogs relied on their running game, a staunch second-half defense, and a little bit of luck to beat Graves ' tenth-ranked Florida Gators.

But from then on luck failed Paletti, and he finished tenth in the championship.

Other plots similarly failed because of Hitler's irregular habits and pure ill luck.

After her reign as Miss World 1958, she tried her luck out in Hollywood with the help of James Garner, but failed her screen test.

The weather was on and off during the weekend, catching some drivers out, with the Larrousse team having the worst luck on Saturday morning when both of their drivers contrived to have massive accidents, but luckily both Aguri Suzuki and Éric Bernard managed to qualify for the race, but all was not as well down at Leyton House, where both Ivan Capelli and Maurício Gugelmin failed to qualify.

The German's luck however would run dry just after Eau Rouge when his clutch failed, but despite the retirement he had impressed mightily in his first race.

Hill further benefited from the bad luck of others as he was up to fifth on lap 15 when Herbert spun-off and found himself in fourth position one lap later when the suspension on Berger's Ferrari failed.

Things appeared even to be looking up for the JBW team when Naylor qualified the JBW-Maserati in 7th position for the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, but his luck had begun to change and the car's gearbox failed on the 42nd lap.

However, his luck against Green Lantern failed to improve, as he was defeated again.

Heading to Bathurst on the verge of making history, they failed in their bid to win a fourth consecutive Bathurst title, due to a drive-thru penalty, a clutch problem and bad luck.

He abandoned his failed business interests in Minnesota to try his luck out West and, in 1880, paid a visit to the Great Falls of the Missouri River and quickly recognized their potential for producing hydroelectric power.

He is, by far, the more pragmatic of the group, with a cynical streak founded in failed romances ( his luck with women runs from bad to worse, with love interests often betraying him or dying ).

Before that he played much of his career at Anderlecht, where he failed to become a regular in the first team therefore trying his luck at Lokeren in the summer of 2004.

He got a good fat job and we congratulate him on his good luck.

It took a piece of bad luck to show Michelangelo that the boy was devoted to him.

Each time in, the unhappy pilot, pushing his luck, begged the postal officials that met him to find a safer landing place, preferably on the flat-topped hills across the Winooski River.

In the American version, onlookers simply say, " Godzilla has disappeared without a trace " and newly shot scenes of reporter Eric Carter have him watching Kong swim home on a viewscreen and wishing him luck on his long journey home.

After the release, Paul McCartney sent him a telegram wishing him good luck.

John feels honour-bound to go with him, and sadly, says goodbye to Grace Maskew, whom he loves and has been seeing in secret, and gets his mother's prayer book as a good luck charm.

Victor is a tragic comedy character and sympathy is directed towards him as he becomes embroiled in complex misunderstandings, bureaucratic vanity and, at times, sheer bad luck.

Among Annie's patrons are Dave the Dude, a gambling gangster who believes her apples bring him good luck, and his henchman Happy McGuire.

Compared to his predecessor as Prime Minister, Clark reportedly had a better relationship with US President Jimmy Carter, who phoned Clark to wish him luck in the upcoming 1980 election.

Using a roadster and remains of his plane to create another plane, he asks Minnie to join him for its first flight after she presents him with a horseshoe for good luck.

Mickey then angrily throws the good luck horseshoe given to him by Minnie and it boomerangs around a tree, hitting him and ringing around his neck.

In later stories, it is insinuated that the dime brings good luck to Scrooge and has helped him become a rich man, and in some stories he instantly starts losing money whenever the dime is no longer in his possession.

He had the bad luck of making major discoveries within the same three-year period, 1519 to 1521, of both the dramatic Conquest of Mexico and Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world — which though Magellan himself did not complete, brought him undying fame.

By this time, warring factions in Thebes wished him to return to that city, believing that his body would bring it luck.

They are considered the parents of Gladstone Gander ; although his wife's and son's luck does not include him.

Nevertheless, he always manages to solve his cases-hence ensuring a reputation as a great detective-either by sheer luck, or thanks to his foes ' own incompetence, or simply because Mickey Mouse does all the actual detective work for him.