Word: flukes
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...sports cars, this year. But as cars and auto factories become more electronic, GM's space-age alliances could help the company pass its competition. Indeed, none of GM's rivals have taken the giant's poor third-quarter performance as a cue to throttle back. "It's a fluke," says Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca. "I know GM, and I'm sure they'll straighten it out as quickly as they know...
...meantime, the Harvard offense must show that the potency it displayed last week against Dartmouth, and earlier against Columbia, was no fluke...
Rebel lawyers contended that the arrest was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the peace talks. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile denied the charge and insisted the capture was something of a fluke. He said security officers had been conducting a "routine check" into reported guerrilla comings and goings when they stumbled on Salas. The story seemed disingenuous. Shortly before Enrile's explanation, the chief of the national police told reporters that the arrests had followed four months of surveillance...
Brown (3-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy) is looking for validation that its five-game winning streak (over two years) isn't a fluke...
Just like I was at Fenway, in sprit, throughout my family's vacation jaunt through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island this August. WTIC-AM 1080 out of Hartford followed us across the Canadian Maritimes, thanks to some fluke of the airwaves...