The difference between life and death came down to luck and timing, residents said.
Thanks at least in part to luck, Genentech has beat the drug industry's dismal odds--and thrived.
The women in the study attributed their promotions to luck, timing, and faulty judgments by decision makers.
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His elusiveness, at least some of which must be put down to luck, only burnishes his legend.
What all persistence studies show is that active manager performance is mainly due to luck, not investment skill.
This time, thanks to luck and bravery, the 278 passengers and crew of Northwest Flight 253 avoided death.
How much of the credit belongs to Mr Clinton, rather than to luck and Alan Greenspan, is debatable.
It's always hard to tell who will break out, Dix said, noting that it can come down to luck sometimes.
But if the blunt instrument of bombing succeeds in this, it will owe as much to luck as to precision.
Blackstone owes much of its rapid growth both to its founders' feel for the markets and to luck, the authors argue.
All that matters are the ones whose opinions get borne out for the reasons articulated at the time, not due to luck.
Regarding his call, Gartman said it sometimes boils down to luck.
We do our best, trust to luck, and just keep swimming.
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Mr Romney's emergence as a conservative champion owes something to luck.
Perhaps they owe that to luck, perhaps to being overly careful.
Of course, this prominence owes quite a lot to luck: if any other Democrat had chosen to challenge Mr Gore, Mr Bradley would not be the sole repository of anti-Gore feeling.
Instead, they are all too likely to let the system drift closer to the point at which the money runs out, then enact a series of emergency proposals -- and trust to luck.
The Baltimore Orioles have improved, but their penchant for winning close games last year had baseball experts pegging a lot of their newfound success to luck, and predicting that a repeat performance is unlikely.
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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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Draft day might very well still belong to Luck, but Griffin diverted the Heisman to Waco, Texas, to a school that has never had a player finish better than fourth in the voting and that was 48 years ago.
But I just want to say good luck to those who are going to be back next year, to those of you who are moving on the wider stage.
"Players have opinions and if they want to leave then good luck to them, " he said.
If your taste only runs to hardware specs then good luck to you.
This seems so basic, but hundreds of thousands of businesses start with no clear marketing funnel and then have to rely on luck or referrals to get customers in through the door.
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