Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the first period, the Crimson offense did a good job of keeping up with the Brown running game--which was awesome. But luck just wasn't going Harvard's way, as no one could get a shot off. Kathy Batter, Harvard center half-back, said after the game, "By the end of the first half we were sort of slowing down...
...extreme, analysts like M.I.T. Professor of Technology Carroll Wilson argue that, given the wrong set of bad-luck breaks (for instance, a Saudi decision to hold back production), world oil supply could run short of meeting needs in as little as ten years. That agrees with Carter's warning last April that demand could begin to exhaust "all the proven reserves in the entire world by the end of the next decade...
...princess, Queen Elizabeth's sister Margaret has never had much luck with fairy-tale romances. Duty-bound to give up her true love, Group Captain Peter Townsend, she settled for Antony Armstrong-Jones, and is now legally separated. According to Margaret's friends, quoted in the British weekly Woman's Own, the match with Jones came about because Margaret received a letter from Townsend announcing his plans to marry another. "That evening, I became engaged to Tony. It was no coincidence," Margaret told her friends. She has also revealed her doubts about remarrying: "It would probably...
Says he:"The idea that a particular group of people should be exempt from taxation is anomalous. In England, it would arouse antagonism. Here the idea seems to be that if you can get away with something, then good luck...
...Louis' three goals gave her five for the season in just two games, and only a string of bad luck prevented her from tallying more. She hit the post twice in the first 25 minutes before beating the seemingly impenetrable framework with a hard ground shot past the outstretched hand of the Smith goalie with 6:30 left in the first half...