Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ecstatic, declaring the portrait "one of the half-dozen most important single acquisitions" in the museum's history. Said he: "When you have a combination of a great master at the full height of his powers, painting a subject he obviously deeply understands and enjoys, that has by luck come down 322 years in pristine condition, you have something that is really extraordinarily special...
...early age, King had been inoculated with that particular turn of mind that yields easily to the notion of personal destiny. A person who had had a less sophisticated philosophical exposure might have couched this notion into convinced mutterings about the will of God or the whims of Lady Luck-7, 11, or the Second Coming. King, however, spoke of being tracked down by the Zeitgeist, and his diction was a part of his appeal to the white media. His rhetoric, "the soft Georgia cadence" of his voice, and the non-violence of his actions were the stuff of which...
Still smarting over the Crimson's bad luck with weather this spring, Sherman philosophized, "Now it'll get to be nice weather and we'll all start playing better, but we won't have anyone to play against...
They must have brought good luck. Harvard won the tournament, beating M.I.T. 16-3 in the final game after defeating Northeastern 10-5 in the semifinal...
...favorite. He has the astounding record of having been on the board in his, last eleven races, all stake races. Recently he won the California Derby and looked awfully strong winning, but do not jump to any conclusions. In California horses are allowed to run on butazolidin. No such luck in Kentucky...