Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drove a golf ball 50 yards farther than Bobby Jones. He could put an approach shot within ten feet of the pin from any distance up to 200 yards. He bet he could knock a ball three-quarters of a mile in five shots and won easily. He said he could beat Bing Crosby at golf using a shovel, a rake and a baseball...
...waiting for the instructor to appear, a confident Yardling struck up a conversation with a fellow in the class on the subject of swimming. Admitting that he was fairly good at the sport, the Freshman advanced theories which the other man hotly opposed. "Why", said the Freshman, "I'll bet ten dollars that I can swim the suit off you at fifty yards". The bet accepted and the date arranged, the natators mentioned to each other their best times for the distance, fifty four seconds by the Freshman and twenty three by his rival. "When you go down...
...dropped dead when the magic 799 came up last week. But a few days prior a numbers runner was murdered in Washington, and a Harlem numbers collector, who was a WPA worker on the side, was shot to death by another WPA worker for welching on a 6? bet which hit. This was a fairly routine budget of blood for the biggest, richest racket in the U. S. today...
...unable to proceed. After a clash over Mr. Wilkie's report that indicated the anti-Frank section was in the majority, they voted 9 to 6 to give Glenn Frank a "public hearing" before the Legislature meets next month. At week's end Madison was ready to bet that whatever happens at his next hearing, Glenn Frank was doomed. Promptly boosted for the job were Law Dean Garrison and Rexford Guy Tugwell...
...proverbially canny Yorkshiremen discern his famed churchy wife, Lucy. They know that the Prime Minister was furious three weeks ago- when Edward VIII told the jobless of South Wales that more must be done for them than the Cabinet thinks the country can afford. They are willing to bet that Mrs. Baldwin will never forgive the king for inviting her to a dinner at which she had to sit down with "that woman" Mrs. Simpson. As presses begin to clatter, the provincial Yorkshire Post historically spits out the gag which has kept 99% of His Majesty's subjects...