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Frank J. Geribo, of B&G's utilities division, called the incident a "fluke" and dismissed as "completely untrue" an account given by another Harvard worker who said the leak resulted from a faulty chlorine gas line which had been allowed to deteriorate into a dangerous state of disrepair...
...dead last. Said one council member: "It just stood out on the ballot-a chance to vote against Kissinger. It was too good to pass up." Council President Winston Lord, 43, a former Kissinger protégé, had a different view. Said he: "It's really a fluke...
...dockers stared at their watches in amazement. The bay colt pounded through the mist at a sizzling pace, and when he flashed past the mile pole Summing had set a new training track record, 1 min. 374/5 sec. Four days later, Summing proved that his startling workout was no fluke. He won the Belmont Stakes in convincing style to crush the Triple Crown hopes of Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner Pleasant Colony, who finished third. Instead of becoming the twelfth Triple Crown champion, Pleasant Colony is now the tenth horse to win the first two legs of the Crown only...
...Johnny Campo is saying that Pleasant Colony is no fluke...
...boils down to just another cop-cum-chase scene thriller, with little action, less plot, and no originality. It is a pity that the film was released now: it might have made good drive-in fare. At last, we see the truth about the Italian Stallion: Rocky was a fluke, a rough-cut diamond of a film. By Stallone's inability to break out of the mold of the illiterate boxer, we perceive that the man cannot act any role but that of Sylvester Stallone. He is doomed to be the matinee idol, the star of B-movies like Nighthawks...