Word: bets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Blind Pigger." "When he handed it to the narrow-minded gang I bet you a fin he meant the damn Prohibitionists. I wonder if he takes a drink once in a while...
...examination. Those undergraduates who remember the gruelling horror of yearly examinations in preparatory school may be at a loss to explain this phenomenon; but the suspicion will arise that this preference for the Old Plan originates in a conviction that, all chances calculated, the Old Plan is the safest bet for admission. By the nature of its mechanics, the Old Plan is undoubtedly better adapted to intensive tutoring methods and in addition, it gives the candidate another finishing his school course...
...urges that CRIMSON readers will be taking unfair advantage of his mystic knowledge if they use this information for financial gain, and he begs them not to do so. "In fact," he declared, "I don't bet on the games myself...
...bet. S'long." And thus begins the Harvard year...
...best of the three. Quick on his feet as a puma, he covers a huge amount of ground; his batting average is over .500; gangling cowboys ride hundreds of miles to yell at him; gamblers, preachers, saloon keepers, dance hall girls from the honkeytonk towns across the border bet their dirty money on his team; the Chambermen of Commerce are glad he lives in Douglas...