Word: bets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bet, hop on," said the conductor...
Sirs: . . . Please cancel my subscription and let me know what I owe you for the one copy at once. . . . I would like to meet Robert Garland Smith of Phila. (col. 1, p. 25, June 20, 1927.) I bet he wears a white collar, drinks whiskey and plays golf...
Stepping on the 5,900-yard Oakley Country Club links at 4:24 a. m., James A. McLaughlin, 35-year-old Harvard law professor, set out to win a bet that he could not play 126 holes (seven rounds) of golf in twelve hours without extending himself. Able Mr. McLaughlin surpassed his estimate, played 130 holes in 11 hours, 21 minutes, finished in good condition. And, what is more, he averaged a fraction under 82 strokes for each round. His pedometer showed that he had walked 36 miles. Strong men and duffers were awed...
...suit and civilian overcoat climbed in his Moth de Havilland plane last week; set out for Australia, 11,000 miles away. He took along a collapsible bathtub, a few spare parts and maps. He in-tended to make short, leisurely hops. The flight was stimulated by a $10,000 bet, which was later canceled...
...plate unearthed Friday derives more than an antiquarian interest from the fact that the border designs found on it are to bet transmitted to the new University plate, on the design for which Assistant Professor Conant was already it work at the time of the recent discovery. The projected plate will have no specific use but it is expected that it will be adopted in a larger number of Harvard Clubs and will probably be used in the University dining hall if one is constructed next year...