Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from Chicago's colored district, appointed three Negroes to the Naval Academy. None got in. One was disqualified for imperfect eyesight, one because of age (limits are 16-20), one flunked the entrance exams. Negro Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell who defeated Mr. De Priest in 1934 had better luck. Year ago he appointed James Lee Johnson Jr., who got into the Naval Academy, lasted one semester, was then flunked out (TIME, March 1). Congressman Mitchell protested volubly for a few days. Later he turned up with two new appointees. One of these, George J. Trivers of Philadelphia...
...expectations, the U. S. would still have Rainbow to fall back on for a defender. Before work began on Ranger-built up to the 87-ft. waterline limit-a tiny model was raced against a miniature Endeavour I, proved much faster. After Ranger was launched, she ran into bad luck promptly. Her duralumin mast snapped while she was being towed to Bristol, R. I. for fitting out (TIME, May 24). As soon as she started to race, her bad luck ceased...
Several facts made it clear that much more than simple bad luck was involved. Before the hop-off, when capable Navigator Noonan inspected what he supposed was an ultra-modern "flying laboratory," he was dismayed to discover that there was nothing with which to take celestial bearings except an ordinary ship sextant. He remedied that by borrowing a modern bubble octant designed especially for airplane navigation. For estimating wind drift over the sea, he obtained two dozen aluminum powder bombs. For some reason these bombs were left behind in a storehouse. The Coast Guard cutter Itasca, which had been dispatched...
...hole golf match, a good player rarely makes more than 75 shots. In a three-out-of-five-set tennis match, a player may make as many as 5,000 shots. Consequently, in tennis, luck counts for comparatively little and the better player almost always wins. Before the All-England tennis championships started at Wimbledon last fortnight, experts knew who the best players were: redhaired, lanky Donald Budge of Oakland, Calif. and Germany's handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm...
...Vandergrift has had even better luck with gas wells than with oil. It is not unusual for a Vandergrifted gas formation to increase its yield by 1,000% to 7,000%. Few weeks ago a gas well in Boone County jumped after treatment from 800,000 cu. ft. daily to 3,600,000 cu. ft. Last month Vandergrift branched out into Ohio and Kentucky, did the biggest month's business since he started. Because he knows his trade from the ground down and is willing to go out on a case at any hour, in any season, over...