My home state of Vermont made me proud this week by bringing gigabit fiber connectivity to the lucky residents of the greatest state in the Union.

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If this is the extent of the added sanctions, Ohio State should consider themselves lucky.

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France is lucky because some of its biggest state-owned assets are utilities, now much favoured by investors.

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"You're lucky to find five good people in any state, while you can find dozens for divorces, " says Chuck Doran, founder of Mediation Works Incorporated in Boston, which provides and trains professional mediators.

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Mr Putin has been lucky to enjoy an oil boom that filled up state coffers and fanned economic growth.

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Obviously Heysel and the Bradford fire changed things in England but the state of the ground made me realise how lucky we are.

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Unfortunately for Mr Voscherau his fate is linked to that of his party, which will be lucky to match the 40% it won in the previous state election in 1993.

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My name is David and I am lucky enough to live in our great nation, and the wonderful state of Texas.

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Marcy Deveaux, an associate journalism professor at Cal State University-Northridge, describes herself as one of the lucky ones.

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