Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surfaced, surprised and strangling, he gasped in the enormous drama of his new position. The ship, already out of earshot, went trudging remorselessly on her way. Inspired, Tomas Montanez did not even cry out. He saw a tern flying overhead and told himself, fiercely, that this meant good luck. He began to swim, and pray, and hoard his strength...
...features, no pocks or scars. Among generals, such a face is supposed to mean that its owner will not be defeated, killed, wounded or captured by the enemy. But last week, in his new job as Nationalist Army Chief in Manchuria, it looked as though General Wei's luck was fast running...
...Boston sports columnists have welcomed Arthur Valpey to the Harvard scene. Most of them have taken great care to show him that Harvard football is not Michigan football and that he will probably break down and weep when he sees the puny, soft-shell Hahvuds he has inherited. "Good luck, son--you're going to need it!" is the warning...
...hard luck which battered at the skiers hopes all weekend, Laurie Griffin's front throw on his cable broke at the top of the downhill course. Sans hammer or screw-driver, Griffin pushed the throw into the ski, tightened his bindings in the hope that tension would keep the harness intact, and copped 19th place. His time of 79 seconds was eight behind the winner...
Sunday, at the Concord jumping championships, the Crimson revived, made a treaty with lady luck, and beat the field of over forty contestants on the 30 meter jump. Griffin, who fell at Dartmouth, won the day with flights of 103 and 101 feet, while Coach Bill Halsey took third and Genn fourth...