Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...residents of Brumley Gap, Va., are trying to find an Indian grave in order to "fend off inundation" by a dam [Feb. 26], I certainly wish them better luck than the Seneca Indians had when the Government decided to build Kinzua Dam in the Allegheny Mountains on the New York-Pennsylvania border. One of the great leaders of the Iroquois nation was buried there along with many Senecas, and the tribe was told to move them or they would be flooded. No wonder they call Kinzua "Lake Perfidy...
...have been rowing at all in 1972. After his graduation from Princeton, he had gone into naval aviation before considering that "since the Vietnam war was really going then" he might be safer in another part of the navy. Appropriately, even if only through what he terms "unbelievable luck," Raymond found himself coaching the Naval Academy freshman heavyweights in 1970 and 1971. His term over, he escaped from the Navy...
...Harvard team a character of its own and left his mark on the Ivy League. During his sometimes-brilliant, often-frustrating four-year Crimson career, Havens tasted both glory and defeat. After an outstanding freshman year on the '75-'76 national title team, Havens met with some bad luck when the high priests of collegiate racqueteering decided to change the composition of the official squash ball. The new softer spheroid left the brawny Havens's playing style obsolete and he became, as assistant squash coach and former Crimson captain Mark Panarese remarked, "a dinosaur...
...former owner of the Cleveland Indians: "He's put his and the country's prestige on the line," As Jimmy Carter left for the Middle East, Americans by the hundreds phoned the White House, not to voice approval or disapproval but simply to wish the President good luck. There was at first a general assumption that he had received assurances from Israel and Egypt that his trip would be successful Said New York Republican Senator Jacob Javits: "If he's taking more risk than I think he's taking, he's crazy." But Carter...
...cared a great deal how I left New York. I was so happy with the reaction to my leaving. Around town, people universally wished me good luck. Baseball is the only sport in which this happens 'cause you're with the people every day and twice on Sunday. It's a very personal thing...