Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have, in sum, a production that is far from continuously exciting. Yet producer Reed might have had much worse luck. For all its shortcomings, the show is a more satisfying venture than the miserable mishmash that Burton and Gielgud are currently mixed up in on Broadway; and Sawyer is now an actor who deserves careful watching...
...matter of days Ted Kennedy's condition changed from "serious" to "good." But the doctors credited the quick recovery not so much to their treatment as their patient's youth and strength-and his generous supply of luck...
Although the pilot and Teddy's aide, Edward Moss, were killed in the crash, the Kennedy luck stretched far enough to cover his other traveling companions, Indiana Senator and Mrs. Birch Bayh. Strapped down by their seat belts, the Bayhs suffered torn back muscles, but they were saved from serious or fatal injuries. What puzzled the doctors, though, was how the Senator had been able to help Kennedy get away from the wreck. Once he got to the hospital and had time to realize how badly he had been banged up, Bayh was in too much pain to move...
...Luck & Layoffs. Vickers is fond of saying that "success is 921% luck -and the rest is hard work." He worked hard to bring about a merger nine years ago between his Sperry Corp. and Remington Rand Corp., but the marriage has had uneven luck. Remington Rand attracted him because it was such an early leader in the computer field that its Univacs were once synonymous with computers. Like many companies, however, Sperry Rand found it easier to make than to market a good product. Cracks the departing Louis Rader: "Whoever said that if you build a better mousetrap the world...
Officials put the damage at over a billion dollars and estimate they will be rebuilding the city for the next two years. Yet Niigata had not exhausted all its luck. Only 27 people died and 403 were injured-a miraculously low figure for an earthquake that measured 7.7 on the Richter scale, only slightly less than Japan's worst, the 7.9 temblor of 1923 that killed...