Word: lucke
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When reporters asked what he had said to Acheson, the President explained: "I wished him luck as I've always wished them luck when they leave here." But the accent was different. Obviously, the U.S.'s President and his Secretary of State were confident that they held some strong cards and that the need for luck was no longer quite so desperate...
Early one spring morning in 1945, the Rev. Archie Mitchell and his 26-year-old wife rounded up five of their Sunday-school class, drove into the mountains near Bly, Ore. for a day's fishing. Luck was bad at first and Mitchell walked back for the car. Returning, he saw the rest of the party gathered in a semicircle, curiously examining a mysterious object they had discovered in the woods. The kids had stumbled upon one of the 9,000 balloon bombs launched from Japan against the U.S. West Coast...
...Luck." When the Communists started their drive up from the southwest, Gladys Hawkings opened the big red doors of her walled compound and let in scores of refugees...
...seems that the Navy with its great traditions has no better luck in producing officers and gentlemen than the Army. Maybe the Air Force with its more democratic spirit can do better...
...races in which the Crimson was not the runner-up, as luck would have it, was the big one--the New England Championships May 7 and 8 which also served as eliminations for the National Championships. In this regatta the Harvard team of Putnam and Scullay dropped to third place, two points behind Brown which nosed out Harvard for the honor of following Yale. Only two boats from New England can race in the nationals...