Word: luck
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Chicagoans wondered if at last Capone's luck had turned against him, if his strange immunities from the Law were over, if his contempt conviction were the beginning of the end of his power in the second city of the land...
Also working for Philadelphia's unemployed last week was Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C., once the city's prime Prohibition enforcer. He told a group of businessmen to "put away their yachts and declare war on hard luck." The hero of many a widely publicized feat in war and peace, General Butler has requested a leave of absence from the Marine Corps to make speeches, the proceeds of which he turns over to the idle. Said he: "I am willing to clown or circus or do anything for which they will pay me. even...
...little is, in fact, to have better luck than average; but for the Prince of Wales to have actually won only $50.40 was terrible publicity for Vina del Mar. Next night, when Prince George took the bank, Chilean publicity experts reported his winnings as 50,000 pesos...
However, the Brown aggregation has been playing in hard luck, with Captain Paul Snyder just recovering from an attack of appendicitis. Coach Rufus Bond reports a return to form in the recent games which the Providence men lost to Yale, Princeton, Rhode Island, Colgate, and Dartmouth, all of which have strong teams. Previous to their slump the Bruins took eight games straight, with Captain Snyder starring as a scorer. HARVARD 1934 BROWN 1934 Ferriter, r.f. r.f., Smith Merry, l.f. l.f., Connell Huntington, c. c., Strand Nevins, r.g. l.g., Hammer Cary, l.g. r.g., Clark...
...Freshman basketball team will meet the Brown cubs an hour before the University game. Harvard's 1934 quintet has had moderate luck throughout the season; it will also meet the Yale Freshmen here next Saturday...