Word: jinxes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grave shortage of grouse," groused Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 64, after bagging a paltry 28 on the first day of his shoot on the moors of Yorkshire. A jinx? Unlikely, even though the P.M. had changed his hunting suit for the first time in 36 years. The old coat-and-knickerbockers, complete with matching cap and four-button spats, had given out. But even the wiliest grouse could not have detected the change. The new coat-and-knickerbockers, complete with matching cap and four-button spats, were nearly identical to the rig he bought in 1927. "I believe that...
...across the finish line in front, Gurney relinquished his lead only three times-each time for a pit stop. His winning margin for the six-hour race: 36 sec. Waving a $13,600 check, Gurney beamed the happy smile of a man who, at long last, had broken a jinx. "This was my first victory here," he said. "It feels very, very good...
...Jinx. To win at Chamonix, Ferries will need the speed of a sprinter and the agility of an acrobat; he must thread his way twice through the tortuous course at breakneck speed. He will have to stave off the challenge of such superb skiers as Austria's nimble Gerhard Nenning and France's bull-necked Guy Périllat-who swept every major Alpine title in 1961. Ferries will have to lick an old jinx: in 28 years of trying, no U.S. male skier has ever brought home an F.I.S. or Olympic Alpine championship. He may also have...
...Palmer blazed out the kind of game that made him the top moneymaker in golf history last year (with $80,738). He fired the first nine holes in par 36, came home with a whirlwind 34. After a birdie on the 16th, he blasted an eagle three on his jinx hole, the lyth, which he three-putted three times last year. He birdied the last hole, finished five strokes ahead of Player. Though the match added $10,000 to his jingling till, Palmer still remained second to Player in official 1961 earnings, $55,539-23 to $54,283.93, because...
From the beginning, Castelnuovo-Tedesco never had any doubt that his opera would win the Campari Prize and triumph over the jinx. "The Merchant is one of the least properly exploited of Shakespeare's plays," said he last week. And he added, paraphrasing his contemporary, Shylock: "I am content...