11.   Anyway, my great good fortune this year is that the always-entertaining world of astronomy has provided news about mysterious objects in space.

12.   As with the stock market, sports-team fortunes are always cyclical.

13.   At the time, the Lukas racing fortunes also were in a state of decline.

14.   Back to the days before dot-com fortunes were at stake on the Internet, and high-priced attorneys were threatening legal actions.

15.   Both understood that their fortunes were a violent seesaw -- as one man rose, the other plunged.

16.   After all, good fortune is overdue on just about any golf course.

17.   After that date, according to Bankruptcy Court rules, the Frick fortune would be safer from legal challenges from creditors.

18.   But business people emphasize that the region is still mainly in the investment phase, and that new fortunes are mostly yet to be made.

19.   But come next week, his fortunes are bound to change as Democrats turn their attention to him.