And now the Kierkegaard-quoting Milch is back with Luck, a horse-racing drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte.

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Ms. Johnson, the tornado survivor who is now living with her daughter, laments that the city has had a lot of back luck this year with weather, including tremors from the Virginia earthquake that shook City Hall.

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"The chance to return now would be a matter of good luck, like winning the lottery, but I think there is no way we would be allowed to go back, " he said.

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The documents suggest he is prepared to shove back if he feels a bank under his charge is pushing its luck.

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