It turns out this wasn't merely a stroke of good luck.
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In the one stroke of good luck, Captain Pearson was also an experienced glider pilot.
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The American agricultural and manufacturing sectors could, of course, enjoy a stroke of good luck.
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Her secrecy was made possible because, in a stroke of good luck, the door to the room creaked.
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A rare stroke of good luck meant some firefighters were in the area after responding to a car fire.
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I could still be there at night if that stroke of good luck and bad luck had not happened.
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And on those rare occasions when it does happen, it's often dismissed as a fluke, or a stroke of good luck.
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So let's dispel with this fiction that Hillary Clinton is only where she is through a random stroke of good luck.
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In a stroke of good luck for them, Sasha almost immediately calls asking to stay with them after the Frank blow out.
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Off-duty firefighters who were having a party nearby rushed to help — a stroke of good luck, as one survivor put it.
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The room, in a stroke of good luck, was peopled with strangers: A frowning girl with her shirt hiked up over her belly.
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Ultimately, this means we might get more emotional about a terrible newscast than a stroke of good luck, like finding a dollar on the ground.
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In 2014, Dr. van den Bergh and his colleagues got their first stroke of good luck: six feet below the surface, they found a cracked molar.
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I was shocked when, by a stroke of good luck, hard work and fortunate timing, I managed to get myself booked onto a huge advertising job.
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It's unclear why the Hall County D.A. decided not to drag him back to GA, but it's a stroke of good luck -- for a change -- for Katt.
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The pair stayed in touch and started dating long-distance, before another stroke of good luck brought Gorga to Boston for work, where Kavanagh was also living.
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At the nexus of these two factors, they've decided to bank as many policy wins as they can and then hope to hit a stroke of good luck.
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And while thankful to be alive, they experienced a paradox: One of the worst days of their lives is being referred to by practically everyone else as some kind of stroke of good luck.
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A stroke of good luck helped him to buy an exclusive plot of land in the Old Market Square when Abris Lelbach, a Berlin entrepreneur, gave up his plan to rebuild the historical Palace Barberini as a hotel.
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There's no feeling quite analogous to sitting with several strangers at a blackjack table and razzing the dealer as he sweeps away all of your chips after he has had an outrageous stroke of good luck against long odds.
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Yes, the Saints got an incredible stroke of good luck when Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, who had converted 217 previous extra-point tries in his career, missed a potentially game-tying extra-point attempt after his teammates had scored a touchdown with 5013 seconds remaining in the game.
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As April Witt wrote for the Washington Post Magazine in 22017, Whittaker's seeming stroke of good luck destroyed his life: He was robbed and sued multiple times, he got a DUI, his business and his marriage fell apart, and his granddaughter Brandi died less than two years later from a drug overdose.
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In a second stroke of good luck, the front landing gear failed, causing the front of the aircraft to scrape along the ground, providing some much‑needed braking friction, and the plane came to a halt before the end of the runway—much to the relief of the people staying in tents and campers at the far end, which was now used as a drag‑racing strip.
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Duhesme was thus saved the trouble of a long siege thanks to a stroke of good luck that supplied his troops with everything they needed. After leaving a weak garrison in Pescara, Duhesme rejoined the rest of the army by way of Sulmona and Isernia on the Volturno.
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Beached whales were also eaten. The Icelandic word for beached whale, hvalreki, is still used to mean a stroke of good luck. When Iceland started commercial whaling (mostly minke whales) in the early 20th century, whale meat became popular as a low-priced red meat. It can be prepared in much the same manner as the more expensive beef.
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Lannes with the V Corps and General of Division Nicolas Léonard Beker's dragoon division would keep an eye on Ivan Essen's detached force to the northeast of Warsaw. (These forces clashed in the Battle of Ostrołęka on 16 February.) Napoleon ordered the corps of Davout, Soult, Augereau, Murat, and the Imperial Guard northward to Allenstein, while Ney covered the gap between the main body and Bernadotte.Chandler Campaigns, pp. 530–531 On 1 February, the Russian commander enjoyed a great stroke of good luck.
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Art Magazine: Seven look "Reza Beik Imanverdi Special" - Number Thirty-Four, October 2013 Iran His stroke of good luck happened when he met Samuel Khachikian in a road accident. Khachikian was one of the most innovative film directors and screen writers whose films were box office hits of the time. He was impressed by Beyks' athletic physique and cinematic looks, It was in 1961 that Khachikian offered him a minor role in his movie " Midnight's scream", This small role was the very start of Beyk's successful career. Soon his popularity with the Iranian movie-goers placed him in high demand.
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After this, the drivers seemed to have a stroke of good luck during the unpredictable and exciting 2007 European Grand Prix in which Webber finished 3rd, his second career podium. Coulthard backed it up with a strong 5th which was made all the more impressive by the fact he started 20th on the grid after the team mistakenly kept him in the pits too long resulting in him not being able to complete another qualifying lap. Red Bull had a strong end to the season. Webber came close to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, but he was involved in a crash with Sebastian Vettel.
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The meeting was a complete success — Mikhalkov loved the sculptures and he immediately contacted Mikhail Solomentsev, chairman of the Council of Ministers. Solomentsev also loved the pieces and within minutes he decided that an exhibition should be arranged and that it should be at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad. Solomentsev's position in the hierarchy was such that once he voiced his approval, everyone fell into line. An additional stroke of good luck was that the director of the State Russian Museum, Vasily Pushkarev, knew and admired Konovalenko's work. At the end of 1973, ten sculptures, created between 1959 and 1973, went on display at the State Russian Museum.
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Finally, Pike arrives to explain the situation, which only heightens everyone's awareness that any reconnaissance by the Germans across the valley will quickly reveal how weak the American defenses are there. One stroke of good luck is the sudden and mistaken arrival of an Army company clerk, Private First Class James Driscoll (Bob Newhart in his first film role). Larkin quickly puts Driscoll’s jeep to use by having Henshaw drive it back and forth behind their lines, after rigging it to backfire and sound like a tank, in an attempt to fool the Germans. Driscoll himself is put to use improvising misleading radio messages for a hidden microphone, discovered by Corby, left by the Germans in an abandoned pillbox (Newhart was noted for his telephone conversation skits in his stand-up comedy routines).
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The general consensus being that he was too hesitant in the fullback position and hung on to the ball too long. The writer for the Sun (Christchurch) said that he was “weak”, and that “he misjudged several kicks, and was tackled in possession on a number of occasions. In addition he missed his man two or three times through lack of determination”. The writer for the Star said that “Loveridge nearly had the team in difficulties through holding on too long. By a stroke of good luck however he was able to relieve the position by marking just in front of the posts”. The Lyttelton Times writer described a passage of play where “Loveridge failed to beat Wagstaff before kicking. He was collared, and it looked as if the Englishmen were likely to score” and later a passing rush by England “ended in Stone side stepping Loveridge and dashing over at the corner.
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