Word: bets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Avenir declared: "Borah hates France with a sort of sadic frenzy." One is a sadist who takes pleasure, ipso facto, in inflicting pain. * Last week John Allen Sickel, Manhattan caviar dealer, bet his wife that he could name all the state capitals in the U. S. He won. Curious newspapermen wondered how many other citizens could duplicate Mr. Sickel's feat. TIME readers desirous this week of making bets similar to Mr. Sickel's may settle their bets by consulting p. 9, where all state capitals are listed...
...Paris, "Excuse me," said a masked man to two pop-eyed U. S. girls crouching in their hotel bed. "Excuse me, I'm no burglar; it's a bet." The girls, breathing rapidly, blushed furiously. The voice was so pleasant. "I wagered $400," continued the mask, "that I would enter your room. If you'll turn out the light. . . ." Suddenly collecting herself, one of the girls snapped the switch, "I'll go." A black shape glided out the window; the two girls lay whispering for hours. In the morning, a house detective found a velvet mask...
...decided to play a game. The first score I claimed was for a redheaded, spatted chap with a muddled face, a monocle and a fancy hat band. I forgot a cane too. My opponent refused to allow the score. We agreed to let you decide the bet-"Was he a Babbitt?" JOHN COWARD...
...buckled down to business, but the two sets took Helen Wills only 45 minutes: 6-3, 6-2. Lenglen. Not long ago, Harold ("Red") Grange wound sinuously, ably through tough tacklers while thousands screamed frenzied delight. C. C. Pyle, "Red's" manager, was pleased. "Red" was a good bet-but how long would this Wheaton iceman last? There were other "stars," men and women of taste, gentility who could keep fickle sports-lovers' interest-Tilden, Jones, Wills . . . Last week Mr. Pyle secured a prize beyond his dreams-a sporting primadonna. Suzanne Lenglen, temperamental world's champion tennis...
...Bet. Between "Ma" Ferguson and Sunday-school-teaching Dan Moody stood a bet as primary day approached. They had wagered their present state offices on the outcome: Ma to resign if he beat her by a single vote; Dan to resign if she beat him by 25,000 Perhaps that seems a casual bandying of high public trust, but they like things casual in Texas. The candiates' gamble added local color to the campaign which was last week rushing to a climax...