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Discover LudwigThe word "hap" is an archaic term that is not commonly used in modern written English
It can be used to refer to luck or fortune, often in a poetic or literary context. Example: "By hap or by design, they found themselves at the right place at the right time." Alternatives include "chance" or "fortune."
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And in the 72-foot mini-maxis Hap Fauth's Bella Mente, winner last week in AAM Cowes Week of the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup, held off rival Niklas Zennstrôm's Rán, already with two Fastnet wins to its name, to the finish but the British-based team beat the American-led challenge, with Kiwi Mike Sanderson as crewboss, on handicap.
If they smile, And say 'twill do, I know, within a while All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap, If they hold when their ladies bid 'em clap.
The story gave its title to a collection of memoirs, including among the subjects Maxwell's father's friends, his mother's brother Ted, his own brother Hap as a child, and William Dyer's sister Hattie, who had cared for Maxwell's Grandmother Blinn and then worked for the Maxwells for five years.
I was glad to see the reference to Thomas Hardy's great sonnet "Hap" in the Oct. 14 "Up Front" column.
OBAMA That's not what hap — BARTLET Here's what you do.
The dual extravagance of tribulation and good fortune reminded me of the poem 'Hap,' by Thomas Hardy — like Rushdie, another skeptic who lived anxiously in the English countryside — in which the poet bitterly castigates 'those purblind Doomsters,' time and blind chance, for as readily scattering 'blisses about my pilgrimage as pain.' ".
An unexpected thing hap- pens though: after Matt Matt Bennettt) botches the deflow- ering of his willing girlfriend, Nicole Nicole Weaverr), the movie takes a serious turn — Matt needs to learn a few les- sons before getting his second chance with Nicole — and suddenly starts to work.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to Dr. Leon's family including his wife Yuki Okuma, daughter Angelica, sister Sally, brothers Hap and Peter, and nephew Milan Aviles.
Now a product photographer at Barneys, he hap- pened upon his creative bliss in 2008, while shooting gadgets for his family's former online business.Bored by the subject at hand, Mr. Albanese, now 28, was playing around with lighting when he overturned a can of paprika in the warehouse kitchen.
Two bodies have been given their HAP certificates already, on the basis of audits carried out over the last few months: the Danish Refugee Council, and a Senegal-based agency, OFADEC.The first stage in an audit involves asking whether the organisation deserves to be considered at all: is it a real not-for-profit agency, committed to the relief of suffering?
But the HAP certificate might still do a lot of good if it forces agencies to abide, at least, by the first principle of Hippocrates: First, do no (avoidable) harm.
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