Random sounds a little like guess work or luck or something other than head to head competition on the field.
Consistently giving great presentations has nothing to do with the mood of the audience, who spoke just before you, or luck.
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This leads to the question: What percentage of investors have enough skill (or luck) to select actively managed equity funds that beat the comparable index funds?
He had the smarts or luck or combination thereof to hold the exclusive distributorship for Budweiser beer in the huge LA market when that brand was truly king.
People know that vast personal incomes come not only through the effort or ability or luck of those who receive them, but also because of the opportunities for advantage which government itself contributes.
Sometimes the pregnancy was from an accident or bad luck, or too much passion and not enough sense.
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We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, hard times or bad luck, a crippling illness or a layoff may strike any one of us.
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Moreover, even when the free market works as it should, both our countries recognize that no matter how responsibly we live in our lives, hard times or bad luck, a crippling illness or a layoff may strike any one of us.
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The food and the service, whether out of laziness or bad luck, can seem uneven.
Granted, not every former executive has the ability, the desire or the luck to start a successful business.
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In the end, the highly anticipated event was rain free, although it remains unclear whether that resulted from modification or good luck.
You also advocate the privatisation of Social Security, while paying little or no attention to what happens to people whose investments, through bad choices or bad luck, don't prosper.
In particular, when evaluating their performance, the team attributed its success to its capabilities without carefully considering other factors that may have been relevant, such as how good the competitors were or even luck.
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That's why we have programs like Medicare and Social Security and unemployment insurance, because any one of us -- I don't care how lucky you are, how rich you are, how blessed you are -- you never know, you could face a layoff, or a crippling illness, or a run of bad luck, or a tragedy.
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We had one or two bits of luck and there were one or two poor finishes but overall we were excellent in terms of restricting PSV to few opportunities.
But impeccable judgement outside off-stump and a slice or two of luck saw him through those tentative beginnings.
Being born early can sometimes be the result of insufficient prenatal care, or just bad luck.
We did not achieve global leadership in the last century by luck or by happenstance.
But, whether through luck or judgment, they never became too dependent on investment banking.
Critics suggest that this shrivelling of the supply chain leaves consumers vulnerable to bad luck or bad behaviour.
You may end up needing more or (with luck) less protection than expected.
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The United States of America did not become the most prosperous nation on Earth by sheer luck or happenstance.
If you attribute your successful results on luck or ease of the test, your locus of control is external.
Whether by dumb luck or crazy insightful genius (or a combination of both), Twitter started as a mobile company.
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"Lost" papers, though, have a way of turning up, either as a result of assiduous detective work or pure dumb luck.
While many Madden cover athletes have fallen to injuries or other bad luck over the years, NCAA Football cover athletes have remained unscathed.
Through luck or foresight, he got out of steel and moved to Schlumberger (nyse: SLB - news - people ).
And of course, co-op and online multiplayer action is available if you want to include a friend or try your luck against an opponent.
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