Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hardest stroke of bad luck for the nine was the announcement that Burgy Ayres will not join the squad for this trip Swamped under preparations for military service, Ayres has not had any time to train as yet, but does expect to come out after the vacation...
...heroes, with a strong dash of erotic chile con carne seasoned with moral saws and liberalistic satire. The Parrot disregards a wise father, is spoiled by a booby mother, wastes her fortune, sinks to the lowest flophouses and gambling dens of Mexico City, where "there are but two rules: luck and cheating. The former is more lawful, but the latter is surer." In jail the prisoners rob him and empty their slop pots over him (Poll cheerfully reports himself as clown, coward, butt and skunk...
...foil competition, Captain Joe Koch, with mates George Wilbur and John Vaughan, won a total of seven matches, but dropped eight to take 10th place. In the epee division, the Varsity met with more luck, winning seven of 16, but again finished in the 10th spot. The sabre standings placed the Crimson in the same position, 10th among 13 teams participating...
Stunned by the unexpected deluge of publicity caused by his luck in the drawing, he modestly tried to dodge friends who gathered to wish him God speed. "It's the first time I've ever won a lottery in my life," he sighed...
When a Hindu wants attention, he beats on a gong. To drive away evil luck, he blows a bleating blast on a sankha, an instrument shaped like a big ocarina. Last week, in Manhattan's tiny Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, there was both gong-beating and sankha-blowing. The occasion was an evening of Hindu dances, put on by two Hindus, Bhupesh Guha and Sushila, who live, teach and foster their dance troupe in the backwaters of Manhattan...