Word: flukes
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...escape. He decided, he acted. But for whatever reasons-was it because he was vulgar?-Truman's popularity kept going down, never up, and when he was elected President in his own right in November 1948, it was such a surprise as to seem to be a fluke-which it was. When Harry Truman left the White House in 1953, almost nobody seemed to be sorry to see him go. And yet today, Harry Truman is a candidate for the rank of one of the great American Presidents. He deserves that estimation. He deserves it because in world leadership...
...second period was 20 minutes of sloppy, spiritless hockey punctuated only by a fluke goal awarded to B.U.'s Pete McLachlan at 18:15. Fitzsimmons and Crimson defenseman Don Grimble both dived to cover the Terrier co-captain's shot, but they only succeeded in knocking the puck over the goal line...
...Terrell was Ali's toleration of Howard Cosell, the New York big-mouth who now seems to have exclusive rights to conversations with Ali. Howie used every opportunity in the early period of Ali's reign to speak condescendingly and broadly intimate that every win was worthless or a fluke. Now he devotes his words to each challenger's courage and gameness. When Cosell started praising Terrell to Ali's face, we had faint hopes that the champ would make good his pre-fight threat that he would turn on the sportscaster next...
...half with their scalping knives flashing. They lined up in weird formations, blitzed wildly on defense, caught Green Bay's own defenders napping with "play action" passes that looked at first glance like handoffs into the line. Green Bay scored two touchdowns, but one of them was a fluke-a twice-deflected pass that Packer Flanker Max McGee somehow managed to catch one-handed, behind his back. The Chiefs outgained the Packers by 181 yds. to 164 yds., out-first-downed them by 11-9. Twice they tackled Green Bay Quarterback Bart Starr for losses when he faded back...
...Eaglets, who own a 5-3 pre-Christmas win over the Yardlings, enter the game with a 9-2 record, compared to Harvard's 6-1 slate. B.C.'s losses were a 5-1 fluke to a Brown goalie who made 54 saves and a defeat by the same score to powerful New Prep. The Prep school's victory came over the Christmas vacation, when several B.C. players, including the entire first line, were missing...