Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most of his fellow D.P.s: he had relatives in the U.S. His brother Martin runs a bar in Omaha and cousin Karl Stefan is a Republican Congressman from Nebraska. When he got to Omaha, brother Martin took him in and provided for him and his daughter. Last month his luck was even better-the Omaha Steel Wrorks needed an ornamental ironworker and Stefan...
...United Fruit Co., whose banana plantings cover a third of the valley, had had better luck with its rainmaking methods. The company's Texas-bred pilot, stocky Joe M. Silverthorne, did the trick by dropping Dry Ice pellets into passing clouds...
...Highlands, N.J., 42-year-old Gertrude Ederle, after 23 years still holder of the women's speed record for swimming the English Channel, wished the best of luck to 17-year-old Shirley May France, training for the same feat. In England, Shirley May primly assured the world that there would be a bathing suit under her coat of grease...
...days later his horse returned, bringing a herd of wild horses back with him. The neighbors came to congratulate him, and the wise man said: 'Who knows what is bad luck or good luck...
...days later his son, seeing so many horses, took to riding and broke his leg; the neighbors came again to offer their condolences, but the man replied: 'Who knows what is good luck or bad luck...