Word: bets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this time, the boy was anxious to be off on an inspection tour of the Yard. He figured the "Athropopological Museum" as the best entertainment bet. As he disappeared in that direction, he was heard to say, "I still don't see what is so hot about this place...
...gunners in target practice. With this film, they could record the hits made in proportion to the probability of hitting. The Navy first took its problem to Western Electric and R.C.A., both of whom said they couldn't come closer than a cycle per second and were willing to bet no one else could either...
...accountant, and he was a photographer's model when he was 14. I don't know why he wanted to join the police force," she added. "But then he always hated that inside work, and he loves to listen to detective and quiz programs. We bet on them. He owes me a black slip with lace." Mrs. Horan flushed...
...junior G-man," got sidetracked in feuds of their own. When election day came, Michigan voters swept him into the nomination with a 50,000 lead over his nearest rival. Their 3-to-1 majority over Democrats voting the same day made Kim Sigler a good bet to beat the Democrats' former Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner to the state house in the fall...
Guess tennis is the best bet anyway--wonder why everybody has taken up rowing all of a sudden. Retrieving his roommate from the House library, Vag started off across the Charles. The courts were crowded with spectators, but there was an empty one nearby. "Can't play there," yelled an even younger official with a baseball cap, "that's for the team." Vag asked about the courts across the way. "Are you for credit?" asked the boy. "Then you'll have to wait your turn." "Well, this isn't the first time," offered Vag generously...