Too late Tom felt the chilling ldquo click rdquo beneath his combat boots Instinctively he bounded away in an adrenaline-fueled leap The deadly device hidden underground didn rsquo t detonate Later the explosive ordnance disposal team unearthed eighty pounds of high explosives from the spot Tom wore those boots until they fell apart ldquo My lucky boots rdquo he calls them Tom may have clung to those boots simply to commemorate his close call But people are often tempted to consider objects ldquo lucky rdquo or to even give them the more spiritual label ldquo blessed rdquo Danger arrives when [... more]