Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...indestructible Larry Allen's luck had indeed run out (his capture is still not officially confirmed), he could console himself with the knowledge that his courageous efforts to get the news had made newspaper history. He brashed his way aboard the British Mediterranean fleet two years ago-the first reporter in either World War I or II to see action from the bridge of a fighting ship. The result was exciting first-person copy, and two miraculous escapes from death: 1) when Allen and the aircraft carrier Illustrious survived a seven-hour Stuka-torpedo plane attack in January...
...courage, discipline and with the luck of calm weather, the U.S. Navy had performed a feat at sea. Last week it told the story: how it had rescued some 1,600 men from one of the sea's worst perils, a burning ship far from port, without losing a life...
...better luck on his second project, teaching the Navy to shoot. In face of opposition, he introduced a real target instead of an imaginary one, longer practice ranges, continuous aim firing, improved telescopic sights, new methods of fire control. He developed a spirit of competition in a fleet that used to shoot off its year's ammunition as an unpleasant chore. The Navy's marksmanship became legend...
...cope with the detail of enforcing this drastic transportation edict ODT will increase its number of regional offices from 50 to 150. With luck, and truck drivers willing, ODT hopes to stretch the tire supply until there is enough synthetic rubber available for civilian needs...
...situation stands now, the man whom pre-season forecasters were picking for All-American honors this year, will be definitely out of the lineup in the North Carolina Pre-Flight game, the Pennsylvania game and the William & Mary game. With a little luck, he might possibly be in shape for the Dartmouth fray...