Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went aboard the Rex, Mr. Gerard undertook to give President Roosevelt a parting boost by declaring that he had $20,000 to bet 2-to-1 on Roosevelt's reelection, boasting that he could find no takers (TIME, July 27). If he thought that his offer would be safe because he was at sea, he was mistaken. Robert B. Greene, a Wall Street betting commissioner, in a radiogram to the Rex, took half the Democratic financier's bet for a client. Next a Republican who voted for Roosevelt in 1932, Le Grand Bouton Cannon of Tuxedo Park...
...readiness to clinch the wagers when Spotswood D. Bowers, Mr. Gerard's law partner, suddenly recalled a New York law which denies felons, bribe-takers and those who bet on elections the right to vote. Obvious to all was the embarrassing probability that Democrat Gerard would, if he publicly bet his $20,000, be challenged at the polls...
...test the reported willingness of bankers & brokers to back Alf M. Landon at 5-to-8 odds, the pro-Roosevelt New York Daily News sent a newshawk to Wall Street with $1,600 in cash. Unable to find anyone to bet $1,000 on the Republican nominee, the newshawk reversed his position, promptly discovered a Roosevelt supporter who bet $1,400 against his $1,000 that the President would...
...Highness was taken to the greyhound races at White City. Scrutinizing the dogs, the Sheik said: "I have a system based on the shape of the dog, his shoulder action and muscular development." In each of the eight races of the evening Sheik Sir Hamad followed his "system" to bet upon one dog. Of his eight choices...
...which the Governor tells Bill Jesse: "By gatlings, we're going to make a new State out of Texas. You're built for the job. A born manhunter, that's what you are. . . . You have a scent like a bloodhound, and courage to match it. I bet you don't know what fear...