Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first game, a tough 5-4 Brown win, Harvard's offense was held in check by stingy pitching and defense. With the game tied at 4-4 going into the bottom of the seventh, the Bears manufactured the game winning run against tough-luck loser Jamie Irving, who had been impeccable in relief of starter Jeff Mitchell...
...luck to be a gangster in New York City last week. As the jury forewoman chanted the verdict -- guilty of murder, guilty of racketeering, 13 counts in all -- godfather John Gotti could only sit with his thin-lipped smile frozen while the underworld came crashing down around him. In guarded talks, the Gambino family's second string scrambled to regroup, shuddering with the knowledge that turncoats were singing, the feds were listening and more indictments were...
...transition between the first three songs ("Acid Drops," "Luck's Up" and "Cruel") is McGeoch's favorite part of the new record. The songs do fit together well musically, but the thematic link seems lacking. The transition flows cryptically from a song about censorship to a song about the many evils of modern times to a song about a girl who sounds like some sort of prostitute. Who knows what McGeoch is really referring...
...either have an investment strategy or a consumption strategy, and this is where we have different views. George Bush's economic philosophy is purist laissez-faire: Go out and compete; good luck; I hope you make it. The purist laissez-faire approach does not work...
...luck. After all of this furious bureaucratic committee-forming, Jewett got away with non-position positions such as, "There are arguments for and arguments against. At this point I think the weight is probably against...