Word: luck
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...taught to wish our replacement good luck, even though it means we are headed to the bench...
...words to the song,” he recalls. “It was pretty embarrassing. But more than embarrassing, it was a lesson that you need to know your song completely cold.” Still, despite this rather ungracious start, Hill is determined to try his luck again. And while he takes a more unconventional route than his peers who are bound for New York for careers in business and finance, Hill doesn’t plan to fall into the role of starving artist. “I’ll probably do SAT tutoring while...
...first three games of this weekend’s series with Dartmouth, the Crimson had the same kind of bad luck it’s had all season. Two costly errors in the late innings helped the Big Green take the first game 7-3, while a potential walk-off blast by junior Matt Rogers fell just short in Saturday’s nightcap. In the first contest of yesterday’s doubleheader, eight infield singles propelled Dartmouth to an 8-4 win.“It’s an unbelievable year,” Harvard coach...
...five days, she had found an excuse to visit the stables. And each morning, upon her arrival, she found her husband Frederick already there, discussing details of the upcoming harvest with The Stable Boy. The fact that she could not ascribe these coincidences to anything more than bad luck did not improve Felicity’s mood.And what was worse, as her own frustration intensified with each passing day, Frederick seemed to be attaining unprecedented heights of joviality and good humor. He smiled all the time, his lids drooping over his strangely sparkling eyes. He had even started writing poetry...
...author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Moon Lady, and The Chinese Siamese...