Word: bets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fashioned political infighting, and effective; but the odds were still on St. Laurent. The Ottawa Journal put it this way: "Our guess is that Mr. Gardiner will not win the party leadership. We would bet all the tea in China, though, that when he goes down it will be with all his banners flying...
Concluded Pollster Roper: "Governor Dewey is not a surefire bet to win the presidency but he will be a hard candidate for the Democrats to defeat. Perhaps his greatest weakness, from the long-term standpoint of the Republican Party, is his lack of appeal to young voters. His greatest strengths are his record of efficient administration, his own strength in the Middle West and Warren's strength on the West Coast...
Winston Churchill, certain of his powers of political evaluation, made a ?100 bet with Dr. James C. Young of Minneapolis in 1901 that the British Empire would remain intact for at least another ten years (TIME, March 19, 1945). Last week, Winnie himself underwent evaluation of a sort: the written record of the bet sold at auction...
...three years, British athletes had gone from bad to worse. They just could not win. Even their race horses got beaten by interlopers from France. Last week, when 275 golfers teed off in the cherished British Open, few Britons had much hope. Their best bet was acid Henry Cotton, now an old veteran of 41. It had been 14 long years since he had cracked a ten-year U.S. monopoly by winning his first British Open...
...hands. Said he reflectively: "Before I go, let's look at my assets. I'm happy and I've made a little dough." Then, with a grin, he added: "Four years ago in Chicago, George Allen [Harry Truman's ex-White House jester] bet me $100 I'd be nominated. Six months ago [the New York Times's Arthur Krock bet me $10 I'd be nominated and accept the nomination. Don't let me forget to collect on those guys...