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...Betcha didn't know that eating wallpaper could lead to constipation. Or that rubbing Metamucil in your eyes could irritate them. Neither do many employers, who are supposed to teach their workers such nuggets of wisdom; the government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not informed them of that obligation. Those who do know are in a fury...
Here's an item from the "betcha didn't know" men's ice hockey file: of the 37 opponents that have visited Cambridge during Harvard Coach Bill Cleary's 17 years, only Dartmouth and Cornell (both 8-7-1) have posted winning records against the host Crimson...
Dunkin' Donuts? You betcha. The dozen students were caught up in a course on American lingo, an offering sponsored by the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Before their five weeks are up, those who enroll will study hundreds of words and phrases that are as easy as pie to the American on the street but off the wall to someone trained only in textbook English. Grass roots, for instance. And deejay. Far-out stuff like that...
...California desert wind was gusty last week, and the chase plane radioed the pilot that he was coming in a little high on final approach to Mojave Airport, 75 miles north of Los Angeles. But Dick Rutan, 48, was determined not to be waved off. "You betcha I'm going to land the first time," he said, and brought his graceful, eye-catching craft in for a perfect landing. Rutan, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, could be excused for being impatient. He and his copilot, Jeana Yeager, 34, had just spent 111 hours aboard the experimental aircraft Voyager without...
...Massachusetts Hall jedimaster said he was "completely, 100 percent, you betcha" satisfied that the dapper prince could walk the halls of the News Office's plush Holyoke Center penthouse, appearing to be doing nothing but undoubtedly working with the quiet efficiency common to all Harvard administrators, just as well as the slightly less dapper Rosen...