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Which is all some strange historical happenstance, considering Bartini was not actually born in Russia.
It was the kind of happenstance interaction anyone would likely write off as a weird New York City occurrence.
In ‘Just as I Am,’ actress Cicely Tyson reflects on 96 years of a life well lived | Tre'vell Anderson | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostWhen Dawn Aponte came to the NFL in 1991, it was by “total happenstance,” as she recalls.
Kim Ng broke down a barrier — and may help open a door for a female GM in the NFL | Mark Maske | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
He’s shooting the ball and playing with confidence — the rebounding and blocking shots is not by happenstance.
Thomas Bryant is making the leap by controlling his emotions. Westbrook and Beal help, too. | Ava Wallace | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostA series of happenstances and a surprising federal law have contributed to the paucity of NFL games played on Friday, for instance.
The Whole Show’s A Rabbit Hole 2.0 | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | December 29, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAll of these differences add up to make each planet unique, a product of happenstance and history.
The success that followed 16 years later was a matter of happenstance, not of strategy.
Out of the chaos of happenstance they were finding rules of order, certain formulas of behavior, equations of force.
Empire | Clifford Donald SimakAs for deceased, his ontimely evaporation that a-way is but the frootes of happenstance.
Faro Nell and Her Friends | Alfred Henry LewisThis is contrasted to happenstance decision making based on impulsiveness and wishful thinking.
Sequential Problem Solving | Fredric LozoThe German was just a happenstance, a castaway in the war for Arzachel.
First on the Moon | Jeff SuttonBut the happenstance habits of nature were steadily being integrated into the control program of man.
The Thirst Quenchers | Rick Raphael
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