Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...roses from his staff. "Sixty of them," he said later in admiration. "Do you know how much roses cost?" When one of the helicopter pilots who had helped fly him all over the world retired and took a job with IBM, Nixon's parting words were: "Well, good luck, get a stock option." The President's small coterie of social friends literally numbers a majority of millionaires. Nixon is not in the same financial league as his pals, but certainly by now his private investments and his $200,000-a-year salary as President are edging him toward...
...prologue to this foolish thriller, Barry Newman loses his wife, his child and his closest friend. During the first minutes of the film proper, he shoots up some cops and abducts Suzy Kendall, who just happens to be sitting around a Louisiana courtroom, a stroke of luck about as likely as finding Jean Shrimpton whittling in front of some general store. Stealing a convenient Gran Torino, he then sets off over back roads and along the edges of levees, pursuing a band of international heavies while at the same time being pursued by the state police, who mistake him, understandably...
...competition. The combination of the two really hampered his performance. He had innate ability but he did not develop technically as the season progressed. Against lesser foes on the Harvard schedule, he did well. But when he got in with the "big boys" it was wholly a matter of luck whether or not he did well. In the Easterns, he was "on" for the first day, easily making the finals. In the finals, though, he was "off" and finished last among the finalists. He has a lot of potential but as yet he hasn't done much to harness...
...working on. Appalled by the conspiracy charges, he said he had never laid eyes on Heck before the day of the demonstration. After the verdict, he reports, contributions began coming in from all over the country for his defense. Said one sympathetic Texas woman (who sent $5): "Good luck. I've dealt with those bastards before but I always lose...
Although Starr was seeded first in this year's Easterns, he was plagued with bad luck and tougher opponents. After losing the semi-finals he settled for fifth place. At a squad banquet last week, Starr received the Ames award for the most valuable wrestler on the team...