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...nonobservant, found it created a domestic trauma. "At first it was a mess," she says. "We had to buy new pots and pans, new baking utensils, a second glass for the Osterizer, a second set of parts for the Mixmaster." Fortunately, her husband is in the housewares business. Even luckier was Mrs. Sharon Baris, a Radcliffe graduate married to a Harvard-educated corporate lawyer. When she and her husband bought a cooperative apartment in Manhattan, they were able to design their own kosher-style kitchen, with two sinks, two dishwashers-and enough storage space for all the equipment...
...victory over Brown is crucial after Harvard's heartbreaking loss to Cornell, 8-7, last Saturday. The referees, four scouts, and even Cornell's coach all agreed that Harvard was the better team, but that Cornell was luckier...
...party in 1963; in Manhattan. Considering the wait, George was in a positive sprint. Poor Freddy didn't find out until 10:30 a.m., seven hours before her wedding. Peter Duchin's wife, Cheray, who fixed up a friend's apartment for the ceremony, was luckier-George told her at 9 a.m. His father and mother got there in time, but his brother couldn't. Still, Jackie Kennedy was on hand with Caroline; so were Poet Marianne Moore, Novelists Philip Roth, William Styron, Terry Southern and about 30 other chums. Then everybody raced...
...afterward. Not long ago, at a reunion at Roanoke College, where Alumnus Saunders ('30) is now chairman of the trustees, a classmate told him: "You always were a lucky guy." Replied Saunders: "Yes, I suppose I was-but I have also noticed that the harder you work the luckier...
...Psychologist Muzafer Sherif calls "superordinate goals"-the kind of unifying struggle for existence that once cemented families of pioneers and immigrants. "Hostility gives way," reports Sherif, "when groups pull together to achieve overriding goals which are real and compelling for all concerned." In this sense, some impoverished Americans are luckier than affluent parents, who must use their wits to seek emotional unity...