Sentences with phrase «of strokes of luck»

One center that says it's keeping up with demand is Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in part because of a stroke of luck.

Coming across the vacant position of a Management Assistant at Cinemark was nothing short of a stroke of luck.

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One could infer from news like this that luck or a single stroke of genius is the impetus for success.

So, he trademarked the name which ended up being the first stroke of good luck in Hoffman's story.

That might seem like a huge stroke of luck for any company, but Johansson signed on after controversially severing her ties as an ambassador with human rights and aid organization Oxfam, which has long opposed Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

Is it genius, or a stroke of luck?

As for the company, he took an incredible stroke of luck and saw this great opportunity and established something.

That's not just an amazing stroke of luck, according to Jackley, that's a lesson in flexible thinking.

A little stroke of luck, being in the right place at the right time.

By a stroke of luck, the Loss Prevention Team at the Ritz phoned the Hurn family that very evening to tell them they had found Joshie.

A leader can't justifiably be blamed for a force majeure or for some other unforeseeable, unavoidable stroke of bad luck, but oftentimes crises are caused from within and aggravated by the organization itself.

A stroke of luck, like high priced oil, can also mask a lot of bad government.

There are a million moves, strategies, investments, accidents, strokes of luck, strokes of genius, strokes of foolishness, a thousand little injustices, unfairnesses and secrets, scores of prayers and muscles, countless imbalances, that factor into our financial situation.

This was a great stroke of luck for proponents.

Usually used in the context of a positive turn of events or the receiving of some material blessing, the «God thing» phrase gets under my skin because it implies that God is behind every stroke of good luck in our lives.

I had my fingers crossed for better lighting or maybe a stroke of good luck, but sadly the universe didn't send either of those my way.

It was a stroke of luck.

If, by some stroke of terrible luck, they ask, just tell them that the account is in Michael Haas's name, and you partner with him (me) on the ticket purchase every year.

What a stroke of luck!

They have as many good Players as any in this League and with a few different strokes of luck really could have won the whole thing this year..

West made Divac the 26th pick of the 1989 NBA draft, and Divac says it was one of the greatest strokes of luck he ever had.

Any top striker wants CL football and an ambitious club, neither of which Arsenal will have next season, so we'll settle for mediocre players yet again, unless there is a massive stroke of luck, and the board and most probably Wenger do a massive U turn.

It was a stroke of luck that redknapp figured he could play as a forward n it worked.

All of a sudden we are getting penalties, late goals and other strokes of luck that have been absent in recent years.

Debuchy might not agree but that turned out to be a stroke of luck for the club as it allowed Bellerin to flourish and become one of the best in the country.

Golden State was only able to assemble their super-team with some strokes of luck (Curry signing to a below - market contract because of his ankle issues at the time, the cap spiking at just the right time to give them the space to sign Durant).

Then our bad luck really hit home, with the Toffees getting away with a Lukaku foul and a Naismith offside to hit us with a real body shot on the stroke of halftime.

And to be fair, we did get a big stroke of luck with Gabriel not seeing red so I am not saying Arsenal were robbed or anything, just that the rub of the green was against us as it were.

Even a fine stroke of luck on what should have been the first day of the tournament did not appreciably raise Palmer's lagging spirits.

I live by the stroke of luck.»

How is this a master stroke It's nothing short of being an absolute moron No striker on the pitch and hoping to swamped the midfield with bog standard midfielders If this is how you wan na see arsenal play and ran then best of luck to you.

Was Wenger bringing on Laca up front and putting Auba out wide a stroke of genius or just luck, I doubt it was the former!

Halfway through the campaign they seemed doomed to yet another dismal failure, but a stroke of luck helped Ricardo Gareca's side gain confidence and momentum, before making it through after two nervy play - off games against New Zealand.

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While some Arsenal fans just shrugged off Mesut Ozil's illness on Sunday as a stroke of bad luck, many were less than impressed with the German's apparent weakness when it comes to germs.

That stroke of bad luck left coaches putting wide receiver Tyrell Goodman (who played QB in high school) in the quarterback spot during the game.

A seven match losing run ended and the Villa defence picked up just their second clean sheet of the season, albeit thanks to a big stroke of luck and some wayward finishing from the Manchester City attackers.

I had a stroke of luck today, in that as soon as I put finger to key to start writing, Arsene Wenger began his press conference ahead of tomorrow's game against Bayern.

But with hindsight and the ability to view the play over again, it's unfair to call this anything more than a stroke of bad luck.

On the stroke of half - time, there was still time for Rooney to try his luck from distance but he fired wide.

Even if by some stroke of luck climate change doesn't affect us during our lifetime (wishful thinking), I would hate to leave this huge burden and mess for our children to clean up.

It is by some stroke of luck that you had a good outcome at home, removed from a medical environment.

Do you believe an open adoption match is a stroke of luck, meant to be, or something else entirely?

It was a stroke of luck that made me realize she was instantly calmed by the sound of the hairdryer.

While he became director on condition that his park board seat not be filled for two years «just in case, «he now sees the career move as a stroke of luck.

* By a stroke of luck the day the movers came, our old post office delivery person brought my Daily Goodie Box to our door.

It took a long time for the Tory Party to take Maggie to their hearts, but she had a great stroke of luck when the Russians dubbed her The Iron Lady in 1975 - a title that stuck, and which the cartoonists loved.

In another stroke of luck, New York dairy farmers have been well - positioned in recent years because they tend to grow much of their own feed corn, putting them at a competitive advantage over their larger California competitors: West Coast dairies are struggling with the high price of corn brought on by international demand, drought conditions and ethanol subsidies.

Our presence here is a stroke of luck: Retired NCAR researcher William Mankin's wife Mary Beth is a Baptist pastor.

By a stroke of luck, symptoms were mild in the vast majority of cases.