Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shore he had dimly seen was already a little clearer. Reporters, of course, had asked Mr. Arnall if he had any presidential aspirations. He gazed modestly at the ceiling. "I think that you play the cards as they fall. I can't see forcing one's luck," said Mr. Arnall...
Alexei has had considerable success in encouraging pan-Slav propaganda and promoting other Soviet aims in the Iron Curtain countries. But elsewhere Alexei is not having much luck. Most Orthodox clergy are nonpolitical, like Tokyo's new Bishop Benjamin, of whom TIME Correspondent Carl Mydans cabled last week: "He is a simple, soft-spoken man who constantly rambled into a report of his sewing school, showing little interest in the ado over his bishopric...
...diversified fare offered at the local lyceum, "Lady Luck" comes off as the more entertaining of the lightweight screenings. A sly yarn about the gambler who combined good luck at the board with a full house in the boudoir, the film moves smoothly along paced by the tangy dialogue taken straight from the gaming tables. Some of the best scenes involve Jimmy Gleason, Hollywood's finest con-man, bluffing Frank Morgan, no sucker himself--while various types of bait get their just dues...
...front. Robert Young and Barbara Hale manage to combine good looks with meaningless going-on in a bedroom chase that alternates with under-the-table larceny. Miss Hale is pretty enough to twist the arm of any card-sharp, which she manages to do with great proficiency. "Lady Luck" won't teach you any new tricks, but it's fun watching other suckers suffer on the screen...
...With any luck, we'll be skiing downhill and slalom every weekend from now to the end of the term," predicted president Robert M. Cabot '45 yesterday as he discussed term prospects for the crowded and busy Ski Club, which now numbers 65 strong, mostly undergraduates...