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Word: lucke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Crimson football teams expressed surprise and sympathy over the sudden announcement. "It must be a tough blow to Dick to have to resign because of his health," said 1947 Captain Vince Movavec. "He so liked coaching. I'm sure that the whole team wishes him the best of luck in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Players Regret Harlow Resignation | 1/9/1948 | See Source »

...when the time drew near for Hideki Tojo to take the stand last week, the atmosphere changed. It meant that the end was in sight. The defendants ate less. They strained for a look at Fujiyama. To see the sacred mountain at year's end meant luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES: The Greatest Trial | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Like Prices, the hemline, and the St. Louis Browns, pinball ain't what it used to be. The science of the gentle nudge and superb timing has become the sport of flashing lights, clanging bells, and Lady Luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brute Force Replacing Skill As Pinball Becomes Lost Art | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

...ways to rack up free games; but the new devices coming out of Chicago, the pinball capital of the world, contain never fewer than a dozen bumpers, a horde of runways and dropslots, and various moving parts. Harry Saxe, pinball pioneer and proprietor of Harry's Arcade Spa sighs, "Luck is so important in new machines that anyone can run up a creditable score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brute Force Replacing Skill As Pinball Becomes Lost Art | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

...sometimes rather carelessly tied, but always bursting with all manner of attractive gifts that ranged from the little pot of sweet jelly that is Mr. Polly to the complete Meccano set for the mind that is in The First Men on the Moon. . . . One had, in actual fact, the luck to be young just as the most bubbling creative mind . . . since the days of Leonardo da Vinci was showing its form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Circles of Perdition | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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