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Word: luck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...troops do not seem to mind the harshness of the command; they follow Steiner because they believe he is a winner and because he has juju (good luck). Thus Steiner has had no trouble refilling the depleted ranks of the Fourth at this late stage in the conflict. Guerrilla warfare may be the way out, he thinks. "If the towns are taken, we will go into the bush," he says. "We could do the job. But we must have weapons. We don't need armor. We need trucks. We don't need much air. But spotter planes would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biafra: The Mercenaries | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...lower levels of Lamont. The Harvard Library Committee is now in the process of trying to raise $5 million for the underground library expansion in the area between Widener, Houghton, Lamont, and President Pusey's house. Two of the projected four floors will go to Houghton and, with luck, fill its space needs on into...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Priceless Books And A Quiet Mission | 10/22/1968 | See Source »

Gomez, who had enough close misses for a season, smiled good humoredly about his bad luck after the game. "I was disappointed, but I knew there was time." He danced and smiled with great joy when he did finally score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Overpower Cornell, 3-1 | 10/21/1968 | See Source »

Baker's explanation for the miracle of Cream was "just a matter of luck. We happened to get together at the right time. I was with Graham Bond, Jack was with Manfred (Mann) and Eric was with the Yardbirds. At that time we were all up for something new. It was luck...

Author: By John C. Adams, | Title: REQUIEM FOR CREAM | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

...lascivious buffoon but as a possessed genius who has lounged too long with his inferiors. His delivery of the Queen Mab speech is a masterpiece of abstracted art. Teetering on madness, he spouts the words as if emerging from a lifelong nightmare. Zeffirelli, however, seems to have had better luck in casting youth than age. Pat Heywood's Nurse is a cockney caricature. And Milo O'Shea's Friar Laurence is a characterization lost somewhere in the middle distance, not deeply enough involved with the lovers nor sufficiently removed to act as a chorus of comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Virtuoso in Verona | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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