Word: luck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Richie Friedman had the bad luck of drawing Hoevler in the second round and succumbed to his power, 6-2, 6-4. Jose Gonzalez, after several impressive wins, developed hand cramps at 5-5 in the first set of the quarterfinals. He continued the match despite his feeble service ability, but lost, 11-9, 6-1, to Williams' Peter Grossman...
Like any other voodoo mystic, Haitian Dictator François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier has his good-luck day: the 22nd. He was elected "President" on Sept. 22, 1957, inaugurated Oct. 22, then installed as "President for Life" on June 22, 1964. Some Haitians even credit his occult powers with the Nov. 22, 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, a longtime foe. But last Jan. 22, Duvalier's luck suddenly seemed to turn when one of his two DC-3s crashed on Haiti's southern peninsula, crippling his rickety little air force. Haitians hopefully spread the word that Duvalier might...
...died in Rome at 86, alone except for a few passing strangers who had paid the janitor a penny for the privilege of watching her last throes. >Louis, the third of Napoleon's four brothers, was a double-gaited dandy who knew a thing or two about bad luck. His wife fell in love with his boy friend. To console himself, Louis wrote wispy verses. In 1809, to spite his brother, he quit his job as King of Holland and ran away to sulk for a couple of years in Austria. In 1814, when the allies invaded France...
OMENSETTER'S LUCK by William H. Gass. 304 pages. New American Library...
Opposing Kehas will be Jim McCandlish, who has emerged as the ace of the Crimson pitching staff. The junior southpaw has had a week's rest and with a good day and a little luck should shackle the Bulldog hitters...