Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Drive. Perle Mesta began her final assault on Washington in 1941. She moved into the exclusive Sulgrave Club, got some professional advice on press relations, and started giving parties. She shrewdly gave a yearly alcoholic "tea" for the women's press corps. Either with rare good luck or uncanny generalship, she ingratiated herself early with Harry Truman. She feted him as a Senator, gave the first party in his honor-a $5,000 blowout-when he became Vice President. She gave a huge "coming-out" party for Margaret Truman in 1946. When Margaret sang in Oklahoma City, Perle brought...
...here today, but he'll be back tomorrow for the meeting. His absence is explained by Davey Nelson's departure from the coaching staff, and as Mrs. Valpey put it last night, "He's got his fingers crossed and he's hoping." With luck, Art thinks he can come back to Cambridge with a new backfield coach...
...work out with the varsity. Rupp selects about a dozen who fit his requirements as the "cool pro type." They get board, room, tuition, dry cleaning, laundry, books; $10-a-month spending money and rigid Rupp discipline. Boss Rupp, who wears brown suits because he thinks they bring good luck, is even fussy about his players having dates...
...pinball machines were pretty dull. The balls simply rolled back to the player; accumulating free games was a matter of luck. But the new machines incorporate a pair of mechanical devices which have taken pinball out of the shoot-and-pray classification and given the player a show for his money. One of these is the "live" bumper, essentially an electromagnet surrounding a spring; when touched by a ball it promptly squats down and sends the ball hurtling around the board. The other is the flipper, a little plastic arm controlled by buttons on the flanks of the machine, with...
...first 20 minutes, Dartmouth had a definite edge in both speed and coordination. Their plays seemed to be better developed and their shots were apparently harder to handle. Add to this enough luck to cause a pipe shot to deflect into the goal instead of out into the rink and you have the two goal edge the Indians enjoyed while the ice was being remade...