a run of (good) luck

  • 61No Good Deed — This article is about the film. For the song, see No Good Deed (song). For the CSI: NY episode, see No Good Deed (CSI: NY). No Good Deed Theatrical poster for No Good Deed Directed by …

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  • 62New York Islanders — 2011 12 New York Islanders season Conference …

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  • 63streak — /strik / (say streek) noun 1. a long, narrow mark, smear, band of colour, or the like: streaks of mud; a streak of lightning. 2. a portion or layer of something, distinguished by colour or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum: streaks of fat… …

  • 64trot — [c]/trɒt / (say trot) verb (trotted, trotting) –verb (i) 1. (of a horse, etc.) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least… …

  • 65The Gambler (Prokofiev) — The Gambler (Russian: Игрок Igrok in transliteration) is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Prokofiev had decided on this story as an… …

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  • 66USS De Soto (1861) — was a large steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. De Soto , a side wheel steamer, was… …

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  • 67bonanza — n. & adj. n. 1 a source of wealth or prosperity. 2 a large output (esp. of a mine). 3 a prosperity; good luck. b a run of good luck. adj. greatly prospering or productive. Etymology: orig. US f. Sp., = fair weather, f. L bonus good …

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  • 68hot — 1. AND hot under the collar mod. angry. □ Don’t get so hot under the collar. Chill, man. □ What a hot dude! □ Gee, that guy is really hot. What did I do? 2. mod. wanted by the police. (Underworld.) …

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  • 69Adélaïde Dufrénoy — Infobox Writer name = Adélaïde Gillette Dufrénoy birthdate = birth date|1765|12|3|df=y birthplace = Nantes, Pays de la Loire deathdate = death date and age|1825|3|8|1765|12|3|mf=y deathplace = Paris, Île de France occupation = poet, painter,… …

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  • 70strike (it) lucky —    When someone strikes it lucky, they run into good luck.     We had a sunny week in Scotland we struck it lucky! …

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