Word: fortuna
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...leaping out a low window. Now, with tail up and lashing, with head low and small eyes rolling wickedly, he purposed to charge down a street thronging with pre-dinner-time crowds. Stalked fear, reigned panic. Suddenly from the doorway of an office building emerged the great matador* Fortuna. 'He had been upstairs signing a contract. He carried no bull baiting gear, wore an inconspicuous rain coat. Even . thus he was instantly recognized. Screamed women: "Save us Fortuna!" Throated men: "Kill the bull:" Serene, the great Fortuna moved with unhurried, catlike swiftness to satisfy the unreasonable demands...
...recompense the toiling undergraduate for this his greatest loss. Here and there a hip pocket bulges happily, now and again the Puritanic fragrance of the Yard is spiced with a more pleasing aroma. All in all, however, the era of John has passed. We enter upon the age of Fortuna. Things may not be moving forward, but they certainly are moving...
However, looking the present bravely in the face--if certain dear, but over-enthusiastic ladies, and certain learned but we fear misguided gentlemen, insist that Bacchus bow gracefully in exit to Fortuna...