Word: flukes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could believe it," Radtke said. "They though it was a fluke...
...known that we can compete with them," junior co-captain Chip Hellar said. "We lost to them, 16-10, in preseason. This game legitimized the fact in everyone's mind that this wasn't a fluke. We are a strong team...
When William F. Weld '66 took over the governor's office in 1990, most saw it as sort of a Massachusetts political fluke. The Dukakis administration had spiraled out of control, and the Democratic nominee, Boston University President John Silber, lacked credibility even in his own party...
With the Pulitzer, however, he had to deal not only with acclaim but also with the critical focus that comes with fame. Some journalists in South Africa called his prize a "fluke," alleging that he had somehow set up the tableau. Others questioned his ethics. "The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering," said the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, "might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene." Even some of Carter's friends wondered aloud why he had not helped the girl...
...easy to see how this is work-related. A few employers help pay for workers' life insurance, but other sorts of insurance--car, title homeowners--have never been the business of the boss. Health insurance only wound up as part of most American's work benefits because of a fluke of bureaucracy...