Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thereupon he threw open his campaign headquarters in Jackson's Royal Hotel, which gained his undying gratitude by extending credit when he was down on his luck in 1932. As one of 1946's first avowed candidates, he gladly spread his political philosophy on the record...
...been the victim of phenomenally bad luck, both in & out of court. Wearer of three rows of ribbons, including a Silver Star for gallantry in the Solomons, a topnotch officer (according to Admiral Raymond A. Spruance), handsome, 47-year-old McVay had had his ship-and perhaps his career-shot out from under him 16 days before...
...Navymen were prepared to agree that it was for "the good of the service." Many argued that no amount of zigzagging would have saved the Indianapolis. Said a U.S. submarine commander: "The Jap had a dream dropped in his lap. It's just sheer bad luck for McVay...
...rainy day he told a guard, "I'm going home." The guard refused to believe him, laughed and called "Good luck!" as he walked away. Roy Hollis rode a log down a creek to throw hounds off the scent, headed for his mother's home in Rutledge...
...another fat poke. He had just sold a claim to Campbell Red Lake Gold Mines and split $800,000 in cash and stock with three partners. (Much of the credit, he felt, was due an 80-year-old Cree Indian named Jake whom he considers his good-luck charm.) This time Prospector Campbell invested in more durable things than wheat futures. Among his new acquisitions: two planes (with a private pilot), a fully equipped yacht, a saxophone (which his wife abhorred "because it makes the wolves howl"), and the first player piano to be brought into the Red Lake district...