Word: luck
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With great skill and some luck Herr Bruning softened the Socialists' hate of himself by exciting their fear of the Fascists. He pointed out that the fall of his Cabinet would mean dissolution of the Reichstag. This, with the brownshirt star then so definitely in the ascendant, would mean Fascist gains and Socialist losses. Upon reflection, the Socialists decided to support hated Herr Bruning "temporarily." Month by month he has slowly consolidated that support. The budget was the test...
...budget passed last week is a great budget. It incorporates most of the retrenchments, many of the reforms which Germany has delayed adopting for years. But the budget is also a Hindenburg budget. It provides loans and relief for the farmers of East Prussia, that "hard luck province" cut off from the rest of Germany by the Polish Corridor which enjoys the particular sympathy of Old Paul, himself a Prussian...
...Hubert Wilkins plans to cruise under the ice across Earth's north polar cap this summer (TIME, March 23); after falling overboard as the Nautilus was entering New York harbor. W7hen Quartermaster Grimmer married one Mary Fountain three weeks ago in Philadelphia, he said: "The Nautilus has brought me luck in the last month; a chance to meet my wife and a chance to take one of the greatest trips ever planned...
...Capt. Plueschow died in a crash in South America (TIME, Feb. 9). Last week Germany came very close to losing her other idol. Having completed a motion picture job in Tanganyika, Africa, Capt. Udet headed back to Europe. Approaching Khartoum he was forced down in the miasmal Sudanese swamps. Luck was with him; he found and made a landing on one of the swamps' few patches of hard ground. There, days later, Capt. Campbell Black found him, was able to land beside...
...University team was dogged by persistent ill luck during the entire game, while Yale seemed to have advantage of all the fortunate breaks. The teams were even in hitting, teamplay, riding-off and hooking. A desperate drive by the Crimson in the last chukker resulted in only one goal. Yale's slight superiority in the last two chukkers really won the victory. The Summary: YALE HARVARD Baldwin. No. 3 No. 1. R. Nicholas Mills. No. 2 No. 2. Gerry Horter, Iglehart, back back, F. Nicholas...