Word: luck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last week, Niigata's luck changed. Said one survivor: "The ground rose up as though a giant had awakened underground and was trying to get out into the sunlight." The shock of the earthquake tumbled a brand-new bridge into the Shinano River. For a few moments the river ran backward, broke through embankments and flooded half the city. A four-story apartment house slowly fell over on its back, carrying with it a terrified housewife who had been hanging laundry on the roof. When the rolling stopped, she stepped to the ground, unhurt, as were the other residents...
MEXICO. With a little luck, almost any time of the day you will be able to catch five Mexicans shinnying up a skinny 114-ft. pole. One dances while his four companions, tied to ropes wrapped around the pole, drop head first and descend in dizzying, accelerating circles as the ropes unwind, righting themselves just in time to land feet first on the pavement...
...Rare Tandem. Some business leaders believe that the U.S. may be able to moderate the cycle well enough to avoid sharp recessions altogether. That would take intelligent Government policy, economic sophistication, and some luck-all of which the U.S. economy has enjoyed in recent months. Both Government and business, working in rare tandem, have shown an increasing ability to keep the economy rising. Several economists call the current recovery "the managed expansion...
Diana Sands is a very promising young actress, and she has had the luck to emerge at a time when, at long last, Negroes can be actors or actresses, not just entertainers or character actors playing bit parts as Uncle Toms or Mammies. In the recent past, the great Negro names in lights are identified with song and dance-Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr., Ethel Waters, Lena Horne-and the dramatic roles open to Negroes have generally been stereotypes or slim pickings. But suddenly there is a new range of Negro roles and a new generation of Negro actors...
...this time, Shirley's psychiatrist wants to try for the jackpot. "I'm honored that you'd risk your life for me," she purrs. She has no sooner declined his proposal than the cleaning man arrives and-hey, guess who? Dean Martin, down on his luck and full of last-reel surprises...