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Word: lucke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Paddy Down | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

Last week Squadron Leader Finucane's luck turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Paddy Down | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIERS TO ENTER MIDDLEBURY TOURNEY OVER THIS WEEKEND | 2/20/1942 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Thirteen Billion Blessings | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King Takes Sixth Place In Eastern Amateur Ski Meet | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

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