Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sport," explains the woman who is listed by her non-professional name-Mrs. Elizabeth N. Graham-in the Daily Racing Form. Now that her stable is stuck in the Chicago area by ODT's shipping ban, she is going to try her luck in the 64-day Washington Park meet opening next week. It is certain to add a lot of profitable sport to the $141,270's worth (gross winnings) she has already had this season...
...single Zeke or Jack, Tony or Nick rose to challenge the U.S. fighters as they swooped on the airfields. It was a bombing and strafing job: 109 Jap planes were wrecked on the ground; 231 more were hit. The CAP boys over the fleet had better airmen's luck-two Jap reconnaissance planes had turned up to be shot down...
...straight games to bust Rogers Hornsby's modern National League record of 33. (Anyhow, the Boston Braves's roly-poly, 180-lb. right fielder had modestly figured Wee Willie Keeler's ancient 44-game mark as his goal, and had not seriously hoped that his luck would hang around until he caught Joe DiMaggio's American League record...
Dignified General Walter Krueger briefed the troops himself, and was on hand for the dawn take-off to wish the men "good luck, now." As Sixth Army commander he had worked out the plan to end the Cagayan Valley campaign in northern Luzon. He had a special interest in the 11th Airborne Division's jump be hind Japanese lines...
...nervous stomach, which put him to bed for two weeks when his 1943 Giants slumped into last place, began acting up. He cajoled, threatened, finally fined players. The only thing still left untried: hiring a hackman to drive a wagonload of barrels (a traditional omen of good luck) around the Polo Grounds. But there was a shortage of barrels...