Word: luck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There were times when I actually came close to despair," says Vargas, who refuses to give his age because he feels it would bring bad luck. "The worst was in 1974, just outside of New Orleans. It rained for five days and we were floating in an ocean of mud. The high winds collapsed the tent, and it took three days for the elephants to pull out the stakes. Three elephants escaped into a swamp, and most of the trucks broke down. We faced the prospect of being beached forever. I hocked my diamond ring and got enough...
Saturday afternoon proved somewhat more exciting, though the end result was the same. The "bright spot" award for the day went to pitcher Mark Linehan, accompanying his "hard luck" trophy since he was the loser in both games of the doubleheader anyway...
Debi Field, coach of the Radcliffe lacrosse team, views the injuries as a result of bad luck and emotional and physical stress. "A lot of it is freak things that happen, like in a game situation rather than in practice," Field said last week...
...think it's really bad luck," Minot continued. "It's pretty depressing going out every day and finding one more person gone...
...luck seemed to plague the effort, though. After a series of official delays, the time for Medenica's first practice run came--and went--without Medenica. A faulty battery kept the car out of the trial, preventing him from establishing a good practice time that might have put him near the top of the starting field...