Having luck on one side doesn't mean anything if you have no luck on the other side, so we'll go to Moscow now and see.

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Outsiders have had no luck so far in persuading the two candidates to talk.

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Struggling jurors, equally ignorant about science, have no such luck.

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The emerging markets have had no such luck.

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Investors will, with luck, no longer have to fret about how the country will cover its financing needs next year.

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But no amount of planning could have prevented the bad luck that befell the Metropark hotel group last week.

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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.

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And we think you will too, especially if you're using this in a hotel room and have no other options, save for your smartphone (and good luck relying on that as an alternative).

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DirecTV and EchoStar have repeatedly asked the Federal Communications Commission to close the loophole, with no luck.

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Although this is unfair, Mr Davis, no Internet visionary to start with, did have one great stroke of luck.

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And when you throw in the fluctuations of eight or nine opponents' cards--including no-limit showdowns in which two or more players have very strong hands--the luck factor becomes practically decisive.

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