David Walentas, the founder of Two Trees, said it was more than luck that brought his building to market at an opportune time.
Taleb, author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, recently took the investment industry to task, arguing in a paper that active trading returns amounted to nothing more than luck.
The justices in South Carolina have to decide whether video poker involves more skill than luck.
Failing to spot one credit bubble is unfortunate, but missing two of the biggest credit bubbles in history within a single decade suggests the problems are more than bad luck.
Good policy has counted for more than good luck.
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Clint Dempsey offered an effort that was little more than pot luck from 25 yards, but Green hopelessly allowed the ball to squeeze through him and roll agonisingly over the line as he tried to recover.
It strikes many people as more than pure luck that Jason Fraser, one of the best-known and most controversial paparazzi, has such a knack for catching David and Victoria Beckham, when the famous footballer and his wife are supposedly unawares.
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The reality is it is merely an illusion and successes are more random luck than skill.
After that, the method that results in the best risk-adjusted return going forward is more luck than science.
He seemed to have reached a great age more by luck than scheming.
But since finding whale sharks is more luck than science, these excursions have the look of an expensive snipe hunt.
Their thesis is that Microsoft's domination of the computer industry has come about more through luck than strategic brilliance or exceptional ruthlessness.
More by luck than judgment, Liffe also launched the Swapnote in March.
In their five pool matches, Malaysia scored only four goals, all from penalty corners - set pieces that require rather more luck than finesse.
Ever since that time, the Bush team has insisted that what happened was more good luck than hard work, that the party came to him.
Gronholm is aiming for his first Acropolis victory and is hoping for more luck than last time in Sardinia when he had to retire after hitting a rock.
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Yet to also encounter familiar trademarks such as DuPont and IBM demonstrates that prudent discipline and shrewd management, along with more than a little luck, are proven guards against time and market forces.
Bolton did finally create a decent chance on 35 minutes, although it was more by luck than judgement with Kevin Davies's mishit shot ending at the feet of El-Hadji Diouf only for the Senegal striker to fire high over the bar.
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But masts are common, and some villages are bound to develop high cancer rates through nothing more sinister than sheer bad luck.
By luck more than design, the income-tax rebate was well timed (Mr Bush had promised to cut taxes long before the recession hit).
As it happens, you could configure the Revolve with Windows 7 and you could buy an optional pen to go with it, but obviously, if you'd prefer to use your fingers, you'll have a lot more luck here than you would have with earlier models.
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Additionally, the top 8 players selected from that draft received more guaranteed money than Mr. Luck.
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The visitors will be cursing their luck after more than 55 overs were lost to the weather on the final two days.
Yet many viewers are convinced these fortunate players are significantly more skillful than those whose bad luck caused them to just miss the few final tables.
If it makes it past U.S. regulators and onto the market, it would represent an impressive turnaround for a company that has known more than its share of bad luck.
There is more to this than simple good luck.
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France's holding midfielder Jeremy Toulalan was reduced to trying his luck from more than 35 yards, while Uruguay's Diego Lugano mystified his team-mates by shooting at goal from deep inside his own half.
In this age of ever faster and cheaper DNA sequencing, when we can find out so much about the probability of health but so little about the certainty, luck matters more than ever.
There are a lot of variables, and while it can be rewarding to work it all out, success more often than not feels like dumb luck combined with aggressive persistence.
One company might become more valuable than others, thanks to luck or better management, but if the economy itself is not growing, a company can only grow by taking market share away from another company.
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