Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Paddy Finucane also had a lot of luck. His plane had been badly shot up only once. He limped for awhile, but not from enemy bullets: he fell off a wall at Croydon, while celebrating an R.A.F. victory...
Last week Squadron Leader Finucane's luck turned...
Three Sophomores are expecting to try their luck in the Maine State Championship at Bridgton on Sunday and Monday: Mac Griffin, Dick Wood, and Preb Motley. Freshman Will Cochran, who gained a very creditable third in a competition in southern Vermont recently, is entered in the Giant Slalom for the Gibson Trophy on Crammore Mountain Sunday...
More personally, they knew that Chungking prices had risen 2,000% since the beginning of the war. (In U.S. terms, a package of cigarets would cost $3, a man's shirt $50, a pair of medium-priced woman's shoes $160. One might, with luck, buy a bottle of Scotch for $60, but a quart of champagne would cost over...
Because he was not at the starting line in time to hear the official instructions, Ferner took a short cut on one of the upper, turns of the "Dive," missing some control flags, and bad luck again hounded him in the slalom yesterday when he passed by a series of flags. He was disqualified both times...