Word: flukes
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...Dudley 2 in the first period, but the Commuters came back with a 35-yard throw to Sam Samoiloff in the second. Down 7 to 6, they stole the wind from the already gloating Adams eleven, blocking a punt into the end zone and out of bounds for a fluke Dudley score...
...that he could drive away triumphantly when his day's work was done (he finished sixth). No such liberties were permitted last week at Muirfield, which Scots regard as hallowed ground. In the qualifying round he shot two 69s, to lead the field. The skeptics considered it a fluke. Some crack golfers had struggled in behind him. From the U.S. had come 13 talented men, including former Open Champion Lawson Little and Claude Harmon (winner of the recent Masters' Tournament...
Life-insurance companies were a little embarrassed by one present in their Christmas stockings. By a fluke in the 1942 Revenue Act, the Treasury announced last week, most companies would be exempt from income tax on their 1947 earnings. Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder cried: "The situation calls for the immediate attention of Congress...
...Kramer v. Australia's Dinny Pails, the U.S.'s Ted Schroeder v. Australia's Jack Bromwich-were the same as for last December's first day in Melbourne. Champion Kramer set right to work to show that the 5-0 sweep at Melbourne was no fluke. Pails is a picture player with rhythmic, flowing ground strokes; but against Kramer's almost flawless all-court attack, he could offer only token resistance and shake his curly head sadly. The score of Kramer's victory- 6-2, 6-1, 6-2-was further support...
...fields precludes explaining the problem solely in these terms. Whether a degree with honors should indicate individual, original work, or a flawless record along a prescribed schedule, the student seeking a graduate berth urgently needs a reappraisal of this higher distinction--be it a significant award or a departmental fluke...