Word: luck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hoping Dartmouth would score against us so that we wouldn't have this problem." Munro told the CRIMSON earlier this week. "Shutouts are just a matter of luck. especially streaks this long...
...been six years since a Penn squad has beaten Harvard, but until 1967, the Crimson had poor luck at Philadelphia. Two years ago it shattered Penn, 45-7. to break the Franklin Field jinx. Last year, in a "battle of the undefeateds," it tore the Quakers apart, scoring 21 points in the opening quarter and rolling to an easy 28-6 victory. A triumph today would provide needed reassurance that the Cornell and Dartmouth debacles were unrepresentative of Harvard's talent...
...load of that- that is the plot of the most recent play to open on Broadway. You can pay eight dollars to see it tonight in New York. It has a star (Geraldine Page), a pretty set, and cost $150.000 to put on. It opened Thursday night: with any luck it will run through next week: with a lot of luck. it will be sold to the movies. It will also make a few thousand people, those who happen to see it, very miserable for two hours. Most of those few thousand people may not come back to a Broadway...
...bless 'em-the Mets did it!!! And not by luck but by loyalty, courage, cooperation, magnificent teamwork, and the guidance, understanding and good old know-how of the most lovable and intelligent manager in baseball. My husband and I didn't miss a game (via overseas radio-direct). If Gil Hodges isn't Manager of the Year I quit...
...Hogan lost the Los Angeles Open the week of his cover in 1949 and that undefeated Navy was stunningly upset by S.M.U. in 1963 as TIME'S cover on Quarterback Roger Staubach went to press. Yet TIME'S editors plead innocent of any whammy. Overall, the good luck has overwhelmingly outweighed the bad. Golfer Jack Nicklaus and Prizefighter Cassius Clay, for example, were relative unknowns when they were on TIME'S cover; within a year they were at the pinnacle of their sports. Decathlon Ace Bob Mathias, Tennis Star Althea Gibson and Hockey Great Bobby Hull...