Those who aren't lucky enough to be in South Africa will head to bars or pubs to watch the games while others will go to stadiums or watch on giant screens in public places like Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro or Sydney's Darling Harbour.
Praxair's plants there escaped with little damage, but its customers, big oil refiners, weren't so lucky.
For all his American records and medals at the world championships, Lagat hasn't been lucky lately at the Olympics.
What was happening in Denver didn't feel lucky or flukish anymore.
Some survivors wondered if the departed weren't the lucky ones--they got severance, after all, more than the rest could hope for if Dynegy followed Enron into bankruptcy.
Sinead Miller, a multiple-time collegiate national champion, wasn't so lucky.
Ricky Engel, a 16-year-old from Grosse Pointe, wasn't so lucky when he was playing a round of golf at a local country club, and drove his cart under a tree, usually a hot spot for the flies.
Also, if the car is superhot, like Cadillac's XLR roadster, you won't be so lucky.
Paulson escapes a Congressional inquisition by having out-of-town plans during Thursday's hearing, but Bernanke isn't quite as lucky.
"These clubs don't know how lucky they are because they did absolutely nothing to get this kind of commitment from fans, " says Hindustan Times sports journalist Dhiman Sarkar.
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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If you aren't an exquisite timer, or very lucky, gold isn't a great place to aim your money.
"It's always been my goal to prove that the Derby wasn't just him getting lucky, " Animal Kingdom trainer Graham Motion said.
He didn't think the right or lucky thing would necessarily happen.
Food director of British Retail Consortium, Andrew Opie said that there is "a variation in price between those in the top quarter of dairy production and those who aren't and farmers who are lucky are those in supermarket supply chains".
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