And of course, Antigua was going to have little luck in getting Uncle Sam to listen to any complaints they might have.
Hopefully for the Inquirer, the Perelmans will have better luck in the news business than Sam Zell did.
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Apple does seem to have better luck in fighting it out over patents in the US courts than it does in the European ones.
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You might also have better luck renting in a part of town near a college, because many college students don't yet have credit histories and area landlords will be used to this.
But whether the government will have any more luck in controlling the spread of his invention remains to be seen.
"We, as England, have suffered in the past with bad luck in those areas, " Roy Hodgson, the England coach, said afterward.
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There have been few cross-border mergers, and these have not had much luck in capitalising on economies of scale or indeed on anything else.
Meanwhile Governor Davis, who seems to have an almost Clintonesque luck in having enemies prone to self-destruction (but not, as yet, any of the president's knack for attracting opponents who loathe him), looks ever stronger.
Outsiders have had no luck so far in persuading the two candidates to talk.
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But Spain appeared to have plenty in hand and with a bit of luck David Silva could have featured among the scorers before giving way to Xabi Alonso in the 77th.
Instead companies will have better luck getting consumers to participate in a cause-marketing program if an employee explains why the cause is important or if the company offers matching funds for donations.
While you won't have much luck tossing any HD discs in here, this device sports a Faroudja DCDi chipset and 11-bit video DAC to fool your eyes into seeing 1080p footage from those plain ole DVDs.
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As luck (bad luck in this case) would have it, I recently stumbled onto this ultimate formula.
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They have the luck of being born into a family in which a family member or friend shows them a domain that immediately engages them, or one that slowly sneaks up on them.
They could have been forgiven for thinking their luck had changed in just the second minute of the game, as New Zealand danger man Manu Vatuvei went off clutching his right forearm after injuring it in a tackle without having even touched the ball.
In-the-know pros have been coming ever since to try their luck on some of the largest and most gratifying waves in the world.
This seems so basic, but hundreds of thousands of businesses start with no clear marketing funnel and then have to rely on luck or referrals to get customers in through the door.
And, Ken Feinberg, I do not envy you the decisions you have to make in the next weeks, but good luck.
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Movie fans who are tired of wiping the smudges off of 3-D glasses that have been used by dozens of other people are in luck.
Golinkin closed RediClinic's two worst-performing outlets in poor, Spanish-speaking neighborhoods in 2006 and decided he would have better luck targeting time-pressed suburbanites with kids and insurance.
Luckily for me (and regardless of what anyone else says, there is a lot of luck involved in angel investing), I have since had significant positive exits to companies like Kodak, CBS and Facebook, and the current value of my portfolio is approaching the 30% IRR that rational angels target.
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Palm suggests an IM or email might be in order, and smartphone users will have better luck getting their messages delivered over the comparably unclogged data networks.
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The other reason the league is pre-eminent is that folks have cottoned on to the fact that luck plays a huge part in the FA Cup, like any knockout competition.
In fact, I would say Chevrolet would have better luck bringing back the Corvair than Nader will have with his proposal.
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Call it faith, karma, good juju or just plain luck, but we have all hoped for just a little help in these difficult times.
The Indianapolis Colts obviously didn't have the best of luck while playing the eventual Super Bowl XLVII champions in the playoffs this past season, but something tells us a little 360-degree imagery might help turn those frowns upside down -- and that's for both local and long-distance fanatics.
Inevitably, his luck ran out, and now Williams will have to read his biography in prison.
Mr. HORN: We have a belief today in our culture that marriage is a matter of luck.
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