Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...general's office came dozens of Japanese with gifts and good-luck keepsakes. Most of them ended their hesitant speeches on the same note: "General, it is a tragedy for Japan that you are leaving us." Many were weeping on the dock when the general joined "Miss Em" on the transport and sailed for a hero's welcome this week in Manila, for an old soldier's quiet life in the States as soon as the Army marks "Retired" on Uncle Bob's service record of more than 43 years...
...first half mile, Citation lagged in fifth place. Knockdown, a hard-luck horse flown from the East for the race, set the pace most of the way. Then Jockey Eddie Arcaro, usually a spare-the-whip man with Citation, really let him have it (said he later: "I've hit him once or twice before in all the other races. Never hit him like this"). Going into the far turn, Citation started to move up. Arcaro brought him up on the outside, sacrificing ground to avoid jamming. (Said Eddie: "I had plenty of horse under me when I moved...
...walked; he wanted to thank the Virgin because his store had made so much money this year. Arnulío Garcia stepped along with a pocketful of Querétaro's famed opals and his own private prayer on his lips: "Dear Virgin, May I have better luck selling my stones in Mexico City than I had on my trip to Mazatl...
...table already loaded with $12 million worth of recently bought companies, Lever Bros. President Charles Luckman this week tossed a $10 million newcomer: the John F. Jelke Co., sixth largest* U.S. maker of oleomargarine (Good Luck). Said "Chuck" Luckman: "That will be all for a while, until we digest what we've already...
Finally, Campbell was told to go away and come back in a couple of months. Newsmen tried to track him down for an interview. They had no luck; nobody at headquarters knew his address...