He is more lucky than clever.

He wept over his misfortunes.

He was lucky enough to be able to escape through the lavatory window.

Von Rosen had painted the Viking symbol on the plane as his personal lucky insignia.

Was it his bad luck, I wondered, to be born too early to take part in today s lucrative professional surfing circuit? Or was it his good luck to be part of a surfing scene that was less about stardom and more about enjoying the waves?

It's the only possible explanation of why humans, if they're very unlucky, can become grossly obese, in a way that would be totally impossible for any other primate, physically impossible.

Dick Day, with whom Armstrong had worked closely at Edwards, saw the late arrival of the application and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed.