Word: bets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Glimpses of Mr. Justice Brandeis" will bet he subject of an address by Professor Paul A. Freund of the Law School at Hillel House tomorrow night at 7.45 o'clock...
When a Dominican wanted to buy a pair of shoes or bet on a horse-or pay cash for anything with folding money-he paid in U.S. greenbacks, because his country had no paper currency.* That was the heritage of bankruptcy and economic dependence on the U.S. Now the Dominican Republic is strong, its external debt paid off (since July), its internal debt minuscule. Last week, Dominican banks started taking in time-worn green-inked engravings of Washington and Lincoln, replacing them with crisp Dominican peso notes bearing the likeness of local heroes...
Modern Design. Michigan's 1947 Wolverines are a good bet to be the second team in Michigan's history to play in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses. They have been rated the nation's best. They are as unlike Fielding ("Hurry-Up") Yost's old-time Michigan teams as modern design can make them. There are no roughcast iron men on Michigan's 1947 squad. It is a collection of chrome-plated, hand-tooled specialists. Some never get a chance to make a tackle, others never throw a block. Usually none stays...
...Republicans still appeared likely to pull through on the strength of their customarily overpowering majorities in 20 downtown and river wards-the "controlled" wards. But Dick Dilworth was giving them a scare. Said one unhappy ward heeler: "It's getting so they're afraid to take a bet at City Hall...
...Most of the U.S. players, lured with fat salaries and fanfare a year ago (and banished from U.S. baseball for five years), had collected their salaries and played generally lackluster ball. Clearly, the Brothers Pasquel were through raiding U.S. talent. In fact, a good many Mexicans were ready to bet last week that the Mexican beisbol league itself was about through...