Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most owners and trainers agree. Says John Veitch, trainer for the legendary Calumet Farms: "A number of horses over the past 30 years or so have had a chance to win the Triple Crown, but they've had bad luck and broken down before they had a shot...
Then came the news from Atlanta that a grand jury had finally indicted Carter's close friend and former budget director, Bert Lance. As a black thundercloud loomed over the White House one afternoon, a Carter staffer remarked, "With our luck, it's going to snow...
...particular neighborhood," she told TIME'S Jeff Melvoin. "I can pick any person on this street or the next and just be them." The titles fix the tone and set the stage (Easy Money, Coolsville, The Last Chance Texaco), while the songs spin out little narratives of hard luck and high spirits in the big town: "There was a Joe/ Leanin' on the back door/ A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple of bills/ Their eyes was statin'/ They was waitin'/ To get their hands on some Easy Money...
After this bit of luck, Raffi began to zero in on the tin with his putter. He drained a 20-footer for par on nine, got another one-putt par on the 11th green that is ringed by towering pines with black velvet trunks, and then saved bogey by holing a ten-footer...
...newfound strength comes none too late, as the lights begin preparation for the Eastern Championships next week. "This was a satisfying race for us," Kirk said, "but at the moment B.U. is the team to beat at the sprints. We might be able to beat them with a little luck...