Word: luck
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...California a group of Indians had less luck, got a flat Department of Justice rejection of their claim that they own almost all of the land in the state...
...began to produce the brand of tennis that had made him a gallery favorite all week long. In the quarter-finals the luck of the draw had sent him against quick-tempered Dick Savitt, 29, back in the big time after a four-year layoff. And Savitt had forced him to play the best tennis of his career to pull out the match. As he faced Hoad it seemed improbable that he could be that good again. But he was. Watching him took spectators back to the golden days of prewar tournaments, to Tilden and Vines and Budge, to Perry...
...Shanty I was running in front. Suddenly it belched to a crawl-out of the race with a broken supercharger. Heir to a $300 million cattle-and-oil fortune, Bill Waggoner had suddenly run out of the one element of hydroplane racing that is not for sale: luck. "A man has to be a goddamn fool to get mixed up in this business," he muttered sadly...
...rules for last week's contest gave Fernandez every opportunity to push his luck to the limit. Hungry for a supersonic record, race officials decided to give pilots their choice between air-to-air refueling and lugging underslung wing tanks...
...muckle of 50 chests. If he misses the moneybags, he may still win title to a car, speedboat, house trailer, round-the-world cruise or a head of cabbage. Treasure Hunt will be the only show on the air that will call for old-fashioned wishbone-type luck. Says ABC President Bob Kintner: "We are more interested in giving away entertainment...