Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...know this parole problem is difficult. It is as difficult as God Almighty's gymnastic paraphernalia provided for the development of human beings. . . . People who believe in crime by force should get their necks broken, or we should put them on the gridiron and burn them up. You bet your life! That puts the fear of God in their hearts. Then if you've got something left over worth salvaging, give them parole...
...javelin and discus events Harvard is not strong. Fulton Cahners is perhaps the best bet in the latter, while Sophomore javelin artist Tom Lacey, former Exeter star, may find himself after a not-too-successful Freshman year if conditions are right
...Forum in the Yard where members of the Classics Department may mount the rostrum and shout about "The Glory that was Greece" to the intellectual proletariat. The can only sit at their desks and hope that some students will be willing to gamble three courses on a pretty sure bet,--but three courses in a crowded schedule is a big ante. A great many men would rather lower the ante and take a smaller return...
...task of George Ross Leighton in Five Cities is to restore the old landmarks which civic pride generally conceals. In his book tumbledown factories are landmarks, as well as the homes of the great. His heroes include failures as well as successes, suicides, people who bet on the wrong real estate developments, bankers whose banks have never reopened. He pictures...
...cinch," John said as he collected a $10 bet. "The tails ticked just a little, but after I got them down, they tasted just like steak...