Word: flukes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dropkick was a fluke, but I watched Booth thereafter for signs of a let-down. He did not wilt a bit. He was lame, and probably disappointed some of the crowd, but to me he is still a marvel."--Jackson Cannell, Dartmouth head coach...
...legislative fluke last week made it legally possible for Wilhelm of Doorn to re-enter Germany. The means by which Wilhelm's exile has been maintained is the famed "Kaiser Clause" in the Law for the Defense of the Republic, which expires July 21, making residence in Germany of the onetime ruler dependent on the will of the Reichstag. Since the bill involves a change in the German Constitution, a two-thirds majority is always necessary to renew it. Bickering between Communists and Nationalists last week brought a final vote of 268 in favor...
...officer of the U. S. Lines and Herbert Hartley, having had the bad luck to run aground first the Manchuria and then the Mongolia of the American Line, was a skipper without a ship and with no great hopes of getting one. Last week, Mr. Hartley himself retold the "fluke" by which he became Commodore...
George W. ("Penny-a-Pound Profit") Loft, candy maker, horse-racer, onetime member of the House of Representatives, last week became a banker by a fluke...
...most exciting part of a game rather devoid of thrills came in the first inning after one run had come in when Todd knocked a foul fly and the side was retired by a fluke triple play, Spouquardi to Radcliffe to Chalmers. It was in the first inning also that Huntington got four of its runs not scoring again until the seventh inning. FRESHMEN a.b. r. b.h. p.o. a. e. Miyokawa s.s. 3 3 2 1 0 1 Crotty c.f. 4 1 2 1 0 0 Donaghy 3b. 3 2 1 0 1 0 Durkee...