Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Allen, perhaps idealistically, believes that in the end, the commitments we must make to one another come down to something that simple?if we have a little luck. "Each of us is so finely tuned that to have two people meet and then intermesh is a matter of luck. I've had friends who when they marry say, 'I know we're going to have to work at it.' I always think they're wrong. The things that are really pleasurable in life, whether it's playing Softball or working on your stamp collection, really require no effort...
...without that, their education can only take them so far. On the other hand, someone like Diane Keaton, who had not a trace of intellectualism when I first met her, can always cut right to the heart of the matter. As for talent, it is completely a matter of luck. People put too much of a premium on talent; that was a problem of the characters in Interiors. Certainly talent can give sensual, aesthetic pleasure; it's like looking at a beautiful woman. But people who are huge talents are frequently miserable human beings. In terms of human attributes, what...
...million to Warner Communications' Steven J. Ross. Alan Ladd Jr., the dollar scion of a departed Hollywood heman, collected $1.9 million last year as president of the 20th Century-Fox movie division, mostly in the form of a bonus for having had the shrewd sense (or good luck) to make Star Wars. Ford Motor had three men in seven figures: President Philip Caldwell, Executive Vice President J. Edward Lundy and, of course, Chairman Henry the Deuce himself...
...water it was a fine day for the oarsmen, but once they got out of their element, the Crimson's luck soured. With Logan Airport fogged in, Harvard was forced into a circuitous, alternate return route...
...McOsker lost his stuff, letting in two runs on wild pitches in the seventh and three more on four straight hard-luck singles with two out in the eighth...