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Harvard garnered another Latin epigram this Saturday: Harvars longa, fortuna breva, pecunia fugienta...
...long after the Lighthawk flight, for perhaps the 30th time in two years, Thron broke the law by ignoring a no-trespassing sign in the tiny town of Fortuna and hiking up one of Pacific Lumber's logging roads. It was 10 p.m. and misting when he started, and 3 a.m., with a light rain falling, when he set up his tent. Two hours later, before first light, Thron was standing outside the tent, rain running down the back of his neck. After perhaps five minutes, he heard a short, musical, descending call -- the "keer" of a marbled murrelet. Huge...
...enter the country for his mother's funeral. The President has permitted Marcos' three children to return, however. Last week, when some 7,000 Marcos supporters began hurling rocks and bottles near the U.S. embassy, police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse them. Marcos' sister, Fortuna Barba, remains hopeful. "((Aquino)) might still change her mind," she said. "The angel of the Lord touches her heart...
Mary Paul and Lisa Rowning were in "Art and Politics" lecture one day when they saw slide of the Goddess Fortuna. Paul began calling her teammate "Fortuna," and the name stuck...
...fairy-tale characters which the unicorn meets show the same lack of inspiration. Schmedrick the nincompoop wizard, dressed like most eccentric magicians, rescues the unicorn from the evil magical captivity of Madame Fortuna, dressed like most short, ugly witchlike hags...