Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shown us the "Muscle and Soul of the A's." You overlooked the Brains and Strength, Sal Bando; the Legs and Daring, Campy Campaneris; the Versatility and Luck, Gene Tenace; the Sex Appeal and Perseverance, Rollie Fingers...
...Magruder concludes blandly: "My personal distaste for him aside, he seemed like the right man for the dual job we envisioned [legal counsel and supersleuth for C.R.P.] . . . He was, in short, a professional, and ours was a campaign that looked to professionals for guidance . . . Perhaps it was just bad luck that he got there, or perhaps there was a certain historical inevitability to Liddy-perhaps if there had been no Liddy we would have created one." Elsewhere he quotes White House Aide Gordon Strachan as saying more succinctly, "Liddy's a Hitler, but at least...
...Crimson squad has been hot down the stretch when it counts. Everything is falling together for the team that started on a dismal note, losing two top hitters before the season even started and seeing the pitching, notably Mike O'Malley and Don Driscoll, run into some hard luck in the early going. Now, O'Malley and Driscoll are among the best in the East...
...best piece of museum news I've had in weeks is that Atlantic Salmon from Canada's Sanguenay river are now on exhibit at the New England Aquarium. I wish them luck trying to swim upstream. K.E. Briney...
Raisins are more complicated: if you ate them in your dream, tough luck, because "you can expect a season of cash going out faster than it comes in." If you stuck them in your ear, for instance, or fed them to a janitor, you can count on "pleasant social times ahead." The entry under "Pickle" is more or less what the amateur would expect: "overall satisfaction with the general state of your life, love, and pursuit of happiness is forecast." "Petunia" shows a need for professional guidance. Growing outdoors, "these flowers signify pleasant friendly social affairs." A petunia indoors foretells...