1.   But the luck did not last.

2.   It must be talent because luck never lasts this long.

3.   Vice President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush of Texas are counting on the good luck to last.

4.   With so many things finally going right for the auto industry in this region, automakers are just hoping their good luck will last, particularly in Brazil.

5.   And with the budget impasse in Washington still unresolved, applicants wondered whether their luck would last long enough to get that visa.