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...people's paper profits had a magical effect: Times are good; the Dow is up; let's go to the Sizzler instead of McDonald's, the Seychelles instead of Sarasota. Cabbies turned day traders got crushed when the NASDAQ tanked, but careful investors who did their homework were the luckiest generation ever. Pay $9.95 a trade, buy and hold, and retire...
...never had a world-class solo victory, was trailing far behind the other four skaters. Then the pack crashed and Bradbury cruised past the carnage from worst to first. "I was like, 'Hang on a minute, I think I just won,'" Bradbury told Time. "I'm probably the luckiest gold medalist in the world." Luck had nothing to do with Australia's second unexpected gold, won two days later by aerialist Alisa Camplin, 27. Though she had dreamed of being an Olympian since she was five, Camplin didn't show up at the Opening Ceremonies, didn...
...held many strong opinions--on Beatlemania, on global want, on his right to privacy, on his God--and gave firm voice to most of them. But George Harrison was certainly the most reluctant Beatle, wanting out almost as soon as he was in. He often said that his luckiest break was joining the band and his second luckiest was leaving it. And he said once, "Being a Beatle was a nightmare, a horror story. I don't even like to think about it." He never really looked comfortable in his tight suit and pudding-basin haircut, not even...
...Nancy, your articles are so touching and poignant, with an uplifting tone of optimism, pride and resolve. After I finished reading, I walked outside, stood at attention and stared at the American flag proudly waving in front of my house. I felt as if I were the luckiest man on earth, because I live in the greatest country in the world. DANIEL DELELLIS Clearwater...
...held many strong opinions - on Beatlemania, on global want, on his right to privacy, on his God - and gave firm voice to most of them. But George Harrison was certainly the most reluctant Beatle, wanting out almost as soon as he was in. He often said that his luckiest break was joining the band and his second luckiest was leaving it. And he said once, "Being a Beatle was a nightmare, a horror story. I don't even like to think about it." He never really looked comfortable in his tight suit and pudding-basin haircut, not even...