Word: luck
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...name, as I do not wish publicity but only opportunity to express deepest gratitude to the Editor of the Yardling for bringing this abominable crisis, this heinous betrayal of our democratic rights and duties, to the attention of Fair Harvard. May I also wish Mr. Barber the best of luck in attaining more of what many of his compatriots feel he seeks--publicity. Certainly we must all be gratified to know that we need not call in federal authorities since The Editor has assented to undertake the task of debunking...
...including the three U.S. generals leading the conflict. Alanbrooke's impressions of Soldier Dwight Eisenhower: "He learned a lot during the war, but strategy, tactics and command were never his strong points." Ike was a great overall coordinator, but "perhaps his greatest asset was a greater share of luck than most of us receive in life." Of George Catlett Marshall: "A big man and a very great gentleman," who did not "impress me by the ability of his brain." Of Douglas MacArthur: "The greatest general of the last war [with] a far greater strategic grasp than Marshall...
...been replaced, i.e., by Pierre-Louis, and that therefore the constitutional recourses had been "exhausted." They favored naming a "revolutionary" President to stand in until elections. But Déjoie, the exception, insisted that the temporary presidency should fall to the next eligible justice, who by a stroke of luck was a supporter of Déjoie. He ordered that the strike be continued until his friend took office...
...have amassed more than 3,500 hits (Ty Cobb, Cap Anson, Tris Speaker); the process of photosynthesis. On the six occasions when he has muffed questions, e.g., the identity of the Republican vice-presidential candidate who died before Election Day in 1912 (James S. Sherman), Van Doren's luck and gambling skill have averted defeat...
...head and striking features, who had an uncanny eye for art. One of his earliest modern art enthusiasms was for Henri Matisse, whom he first met in 1906 when Matisse was 37. By 1914 Shchukin had loaded up with 36 Matisse paintings. Collector Shchukin's second stroke of luck happened when Matisse passed him along to Picasso, and the Russian merchant became one of the young Spanish painter's first important patrons. Shchukin had the good sense not to haggle over prices; after all, he was picking up Picasso "blue period" works for as little...