By a stroke of luck, a thaw prevented the Chatti from crossing the Rhine and coming to Saturninus ' aid.

Sebastião de Melo survived by a stroke of luck and then immediately embarked on rebuilding the city, with his famous quote: " What now?

By a tragic stroke of bad luck, he is spotted and shot down by Jack, who is bent on avenging his friend.

Alan takes the button and treasures it as a good ( or bad ) luck charm, his mother returns to work and to smoking, he graduates and takes care of his mother for several years and another stroke.

By a stroke of luck, he is released on a technicality and returns to Tarascon with the lion's skin to a hero's welcome.

Happy accomplishes his mission by a stroke of luck.

With a freak stroke of luck, Billy kills the brutish and sadistic guard by pushing him on to a coat hook.

As a result of this stroke of luck he was nicknamed the Fortunate.

Approaching old age, the Rougon couple finally admit defeat and settle, crushed, into their lower middle class destinies, until by a remarkable stroke of luck their eldest son Eugène reports from Paris that he has some news that they might find interesting.

By a stroke of luck, a band of Cossacks captured a messenger carrying Napoleon's plans to Bernadotte and quickly forwarded the information to General Pyotr Bagration.

Their stores were running dangerously low, and only a brilliant stroke of luck could salvage their position.

They began a duel that was much more pitiful than Tajōmaru's account had made it sound, and Tajōmaru ultimately won through a stroke of luck.

Kershaw, in Hitler Hubris, says it is generally believed today that van der Lubbe acted alone and the Reichstag fire was merely a stroke of good luck for the Nazis.

For Rich, it was a stroke of luck to get Susanna and John back into his depleted and unskilled troupe.

Finn is supported solely by a modest allowance from his father, but a stroke of luck clears his path.

In a stroke of luck that included the accompanying U. S. marshal forgetting his detention commitment papers, Abagnale was mistaken for an undercover prison inspector and was even given privileges and food far better than the other inmates.

By mid summer, though, Pompey had a fortunate stroke of luck.

After this stroke of bad luck, she decided to devote her time to her new company.

However, the accident proved to be a stroke of luck for the development of the place, as it led to the authorities resuming their deliberations about establishing a town in Lahti.

By a stroke of luck, in 2373 Starfleet was able to capture an intact Jem ' Hadar fighter and reverse engineer the weapons, developing an effective defense.

By another stroke of luck, he missed being sent to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks by one space in line.

The success of Prince Achmed meant that Lotte Reiniger would not need a stroke of luck to make a second feature.

Melo survived by a stroke of luck, and then immediately embarked on rebuilding the city, with his famous quote: What now?

It was through a stroke of luck that young Hongzhi was hidden away by the former empress of Chenghua that Hongzhi escaped the fate of death.

After Reprise Records dropped Brave Belt from their label, the band landed a new recording deal from Mercury Records, one which Randy Bachman proclaimed as a pure stroke of luck:

The person seated on the first seat is called the bowman, or just ' bow ', whilst the rower closest to the stern is called the ' strokeman ' or just ' stroke '.

: Colors can be applied to all visible SVG elements, either directly or via ' fill ', ' stroke ,' and other properties.

As before, you type the key for the character first, which is ' G ', then the first stroke of that character, which is also a ' G '.

The next will be the 横 stroke on ' G ', and the last will be the 捺, on ' T '.

To his friends, Arthur ’ s death came as ' a loud and terrible stroke from the reality of things upon the faery building of our youth ' They remembered him in vivid elegy: he had been ' the most charming and the most promising ' of his contemporaries ; ' his mind was more original & powerful than the minds of us his contemporaries '; ' he had a genius for metaphysical analysis ', ' a peculiar clearness of perception ', and an ' always active mind '; an ' angelic spirit ', ' he seemed to tread the earth as a spirit from some better world ; ' his mighty spirit ( beautiful and powerful as it had already grown ), yet bore all the marks of youth, and growth, and ripening promise.

: The big hook after any stroke represents ' shun ', ' zhun ' etc.

But the style of the two letters is not fully identical: in roman fonts, < span style =" font-family: times, ' Times New Roman ', serif ; font-size: larger ">⟨ И ⟩</ span > has heavier vertical strokes and serifs on all four corners, whereas < span style =" font-family: times, ' Times New Roman ', serif ; font-size: larger ">⟨ N ⟩</ span > has a heavier diagonal stroke and lacks a serif on the bottom-right corner.

The return stroke is ' dead ', with the ' anchor ' pallets serving only to lock and unlock, impulse being given in one direction through the single lever pallet.

He had suffered a stroke and was put down with a drug to end his suffering, according to the horse's ' biographer ', Grania Polliness.

The letters U and S superimposed resemble the historical double stroke dollar sign: the bottom of the ' U ' disappears into the bottom curve of the ' S ', leaving two vertical lines.

Injuries or wounds which do not qualify for award of the Purple Heart include frostbite or trench foot injuries ; heat stroke ; food poisoning not caused by enemy agents ; chemical, biological, or nuclear agents not released by the enemy ; battle fatigue ; disease not directly caused by enemy agents ; accidents, to include explosive, aircraft, vehicular, and other accidental wounding not related to or caused by enemy action ; self-inflicted wounds ( e. g., a soldier accidentally fires their own gun and the bullet strikes his or her leg ), except when in the heat of battle, and not involving gross negligence ; post-traumatic stress disorders ; and jump injuries not caused by enemy action.

" Unity's sister, Deborah, rebutted by stating that the entourage that returned with Unity consisted of herself and their mother and although she doesn't remember them being searched upon return, that Unity " could not walk, talked with difficulty and was a changed personality, like one who had had a stroke ", and that she has detailed records from Professor Cairns, neurosurgeon at the Nuffield Hospital in Oxford, on her condition, including X-rays showing the bullet.

A two-stroke engine does not have a discrete exhaust and intake stroke and thus is incapable of self-aspiration.

Sebag-Montefiore does not dispute the possibility of an assassination by poison masterminded by Beria, whose hatred for Stalin was palpable by this point, but also notes that Beria never made mention of poison or confessed to using it, even during his later interrogations, and was never alone with Stalin during the period prior to his stroke ( he always went with Malenkov to defer suspicion ).

Evidence does not support a beneficial role for omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in preventing cardiovascular disease ( including myocardial infarction and cardiac death ) or stroke.

It does not improve blood sugar control in an unselected group of people with diabetes mellitus or decrease the risk of stroke.

However, he does not enjoy his triumph for long as he dies soon after from a paralytic stroke.

In this case, E's shortcut character does not even begin with a left-falling stroke, but merely prominently figures a component belonging to E. 彡 is featured on this character, as it is the third character in the zone ( counting from T, see above ).

* e is formed with a curved stroke, and its arm ( or hasta ) does not connect with the top curve ; the height of the arm can also indicate the age of the script ( written in a high position, the script is probably early, while an arm written closer to the middle of the curve may indicate a later script ).

* The combustion chamber formed with the sleeve at the top of its stroke is ideal for complete, detonation-free combustion of the charge, as it does not have to contend with compromised chamber shape and hot exhaust ( poppet ) valves.

A rubber lip-type seal ensures that excessive amounts of oil are not drawn in from the crankcase on the induction stroke and that exhaust gas does not enter the crankcase on the exhaust stroke.

It therefore encourages small engines, but does not influence the ratio of cylinder bore to stroke.

Musashi eventually does draw his blade and cleaves through Denshichirō's arm with one stroke.

The farmhand draws out the scythe " all bloody from its breast " and " does the stroke detest ".

The selectivity of COX-2 does not seem to negate other side-effects of NSAIDs, most notably an increased risk of renal failure, and there is evidence that indicates an increase in the risk for heart attack, thrombosis, and stroke through an increase of thromboxane unbalanced by prostacyclin ( which is reduced by COX-2 inhibition ).

In the modern style of the Butterfly stroke one does only little vertical movement of the body.

This steam being compressed as the stroke is completed, a cushion is formed against which the piston does work while its velocity is being rapidly reduced, and thus the stresses in the mechanism due to the inertia of the reciprocating parts are lessened.

Due to a smaller portion of the compression stroke being devoted to compressing the intake air, an Atkinson cycle engine does not take in as much air as would a similarly designed and sized Otto cycle engine.

On the other hand, a pull stroke does not easily permit putting one's body weight behind a stroke.

However, since these pathways also travel in the spinal cord and any lesion there can also produce these symptoms, the presence of any one of these symptoms does not necessarily indicate a stroke.

COX-2 selectivity does not seem to reduce other adverse effects of NSAIDs ( most notably an increased risk of renal failure ), and some results have shown an increase in the risk for heart attack, thrombosis and stroke by a relative increase in thromboxane.

As it has been described by Steve Bodansky and Vera Bodansky in " Extended Massive Orgasm: How You Can Give and Receive Intense Sexual Pleasure ," masturbation practiced with the aim of orgasm control must be carried on with the purpose of making every stroke feel exquisite and not to relieve tension, like " simple " masturbation does.

The MG42 locking system actually locks completely and requires a short stroke barrel that travels backwards to unlock, compared to the StG45 ( M ) system that never completely locks and does not require a moving barrel.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ( DSM-IV-TR ) defines post-stroke depression as “ a mood disorder due to a general medical condition ( i. e. stroke ) that is judged to be due to the direct physiological effects of condition .” Post-stroke depression may involve depressed mood and decreased interest and pleasure that impairs social and occupational functioning, but does not necessarily need to meet the full criteria of a major depressive disorder.

For a kickflip, the paddler does a forward stroke and leans back, so that the boat is beginning to go vertical at the crest of the wave.