There is also the bizarre fact that where I live, Charleston, S.C., some people call me Good Luck Lady: they consider it propitious to cross my path when a hurricane is coming and to kiss my head just before voting day.
It seems that the antagonist might be considered as a propitious therapeutic agent in suppressing drug-seeking behaviors.
The timing of his birth was considered propitious; in Nepalese astrology, having an eldest son in December signals good things to come.
The white phone rings, the equerry wearily takes his hands from his chin, raises the receiver, listens with his long eyelids lowered, and in a trance transfers another chunk of the wealth of Egypt to red, or black, or whatever number is considered propitious by the zodiacal wizards of Alexandria or Cairo.
Meanwhile, in what many consider propitious timing, a project is under way next door: a new, more spacious co-op building with affordable housing units on top, scheduled to open in April.
One reason ETA may consider this a propitious time to engage in cease-fire talks is the perceived weakness of Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who in April 2004 succeeded Jose Maria Aznar, the conservative leader who was adamant about putting an end to ETA.
HARIDWAR, India — Over the bridge they came, Hindu holy men by the tens of thousands, the most devout naked and dusted with sacramental powder, marching toward the bathing pool in the Ganges where the water is considered holiest on this most propitious of days.
All of those congressional requirements mean that there are only narrow windows available when it is propitious to conclude a deal and move it through the relevant legislatures.
It was propitious timing.
Some of it is propitious scheduling — the more fallow time of April has meant "Furious" can mow over less stalwart competition like "The Longest Ride".
