But it wasn't his looks that got him a date with Clara Hagopian,a sweet-humored daughter of American immigrants.It was the fact that he and his friends had a car,unlike the group she had originally planned to go out that evening.Ten days later, in March 1946, Paul got engaged to Clara and won his wager.It would turn out to be a happy marriage, one that lasted until death parted them more than forty years later.