Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...washed by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, the Bahamas have a population of only 140,000 people, 85% of them Negro. Yet for many years the islands' fate has been held firmly in the hands of a tight little group of white businessmen known as the "Bay Street Boys," after the main street of the capital of Nassau. The group's two dozen members controlled both Bahamian commerce and politics through their predominantly white United Bahamian Party. Last week the Boys got quite a setback...
...issues, Pindling picked two tempting targets. On the one hand, he accused the U.B.P. of making too much use of a good thing-namely, the islands' 1964 constitution, which permits government members to continue their private businesses on the side in place of a salary. The Bay Street Boys, Pindling said, cut themselves and their buddies in on promising investments, got the inside track on government contracts, and accepted questionable "consultant fees" from fellow businessmen. Pindling also found an issue in the islands' gambling, which, though illegal, is permitted at three casinos by specific exemption of the government...
...character against Kansas City too. "The Chiefs are very much like Dallas," was Scout Wally Cruice's report after watching Kansas City annihilate Buffalo, 31-7, for the A.F.L. title last week. So they are, with one big difference: size. Kansas City's defensive line outweighs Green Bay's by nine lbs. per man; on offense, the gap is 15 lbs. The Chiefs own a Starr of their own in Quarterback Lenny Dawson, who completed 56% of his passes this season, and has played long enough in the N.F.L. (five years) to be able to read...
Talking to the Chiefs last week, Stram reminded them of all the years when everybody hooted that no A.F.L. team belonged on the same field with the titans of the N.F.L.-much less Green Bay. Said Stram: "We are playing this game for every team, every player, every coach and every official in the A.F.L...
...oddsmakers obviously don't have much faith in sermons. They picked Green Bay by 13 points...