Unfortunately, many of the lucky winners declined the ponies, opting instead for the alternative -- $200 in cash -- and soon dealers were shipping the beasts back to Detroit.
But surely the point is that in modern Britain, that's one rule for workers who have held onto a strong union, and the rest of us who have resigned ourselves to – if we're lucky – managed decline of our terms and conditions.
Some oilmen reckon that Egypt's reserves have actually risen in recent years, and much of the country remains unexplored.More to the point, just when Egypt's oil output started declining, two lucky things happened.
Cohler declined to answer, saying only that Twitter was great company and Bechmark was lucky to invest in it.
Mr. Engel, who declined an interview request Tuesday via NBC, pointed out on "Today" that others in Syria have not been as lucky.
"I'm a lucky man," Mr. Wells, in declining health, wrote in 2006 in an attempt at his own obituary.
Your lucky recipient can accept or decline your offering — and, if you have really terrible taste, can block your Zune permanently.
Aging often goes hand-in-hand with declining memory, but some lucky older adults, sometimes called "super agers," seem to keep their memory sharp as ever.
Some may be lucky enough to find work at one of the declining number of publications that can look forward to a profitable future with editorial independence.
I was lucky it wasn't me who was killed," he told Reuters, declining to give his name.
