Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...emporiums like the Split Rail give steady work to such country-rock artists as Marsha Ball, Joe Ely and 400 of their fellow singers, songwriters and pickers. Because of Austin's relatively low cost of living, musicians can work cheaply. "And if they're down on their luck," says a local writer, "they can score a dope deal to hold them over...
Harvard had only one more chance the rest of the game, when Tony Ardilla smashed shot past the Lions' keeper and toward the corner of the net. Luck did not bless the Crimson, though, as the blast ricocheted off the post and bounded away...
...upcoming season, reports that the racquetwomen would only play in one big tournament this fall, like the men's team, have for the moment been laid to rest. Radcliffe will play its usual full schedule of fall opponents, as well as state and regional tournaments. With luck, the women in white will turn their pre-season face-lift into an attractive package of victories...
...Living through the same horrors as the people I was interviewing, I had no problem establishing a rapport," says Correspondent Richard Woodbury, who had just been reassigned from Chicago to Miami and was looking for housing of his own in Florida. "Like survivors of some shipwreck, we compared hard-luck stories and exorbitant prices. Buyers were eager to pour out their tales." Woodbury's assignment in the end proved a blessing. A source gave him a tip that led him to an apartment overlooking Biscayne Bay. Says Woodbury: "Ideal, and the price, $50 under my budget. I move...
...luck, perhaps, but not his views. H.L. ignored Dallas civic projects. Ray is investing $210 million in the Reunion redevelopment project, not far from the city's least loved landmark, the Texas School Book Depository. The project includes a 30-story Hyatt Regency Hotel to be opened next summer, a 50-story tower with revolving restaurant now half complete, and an office building to be started later. In 1973 Ray also put up $400,000 to launch a Dallas city magazine, D. Its first issue featured an article severely criticizing his father for doing nothing to boost Dallas...