Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Year ago when that gruff old Bulgarian elder statesman Nicholas Muchanoff set out on a secret mission to Rome (TIME, Feb. 4, 1929), the Italian and Greek ministers plenipotentiary at Sofia laid a fat bet...
...diplomatic corps at Sofia the bet was puzzling. Signor Piacentini should know best of anyone whether his Government was willing and able to make the match. If he believed the wedding would go through within a year, did he not know it would? Was not the Greek Minister rashly wagering against a sure thing...