Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...both Christina, 25, and Alexander, 31, revealed that the pair had agreed to a divorce. Not all Christina watchers were surprised. After a motorcycle spill had hospitalized Andreadis with a broken leg last August, his wife came by to autograph the cast. Her inscription: "Bon voyage, Alexandras, better luck next time...
...optimistic, a feeling understandably reinforced by the experience of his own life. Ten years ago -five years ago-it would have been inconceivable to think Jerry Ford could ever become the President of the U.S. He made it to the White House by playing the game and having some luck. He thinks he will stay there...
...budgetary problems have been a thorn in the side of Harvard financial planners for years. Rising inflation and energy costs, which hit the Faculty of Arts and Sciences particularly hard, hurt all 42 separate budgets in the University and prevented many from bre king even. But through the luck of a warm winter which kept down energy costs, and steps taken to tighten up financial management of the budget the Faculty halved its projected deficit of $500,000 and stands a good chance of breaking even in the current fiscal year...
...Passenger is Antonioni at his most pretentious. Jack Nicholson assumes the identity of an international gunrunner who dies in his hotel in the African bush and for a few scenes it appears that the film may develop into a compelling spy thriller. But no such luck--Antonioni isn't really interested in guns--or anything else for that matter--so Nicholson simply wanders through Europe in an existential search for self-identity and the Meaning of Life, picking up a languid Maria Schneider en route. Only the film's visual beauty--Spanish landscape and Gaudi architecture shot in lush Italian...
...Tough luck, buddy. It's mine...