Word: bets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yard dash, the incomparable Bo Roberson appears a strong bet to outdistance the field, and in the broad jump, Cornell has both Gerry Knapp and John King to back him up. Roberson also runs the 220 low hurdles and the 220, but in both it is risky to choose against the varsity's Joel Landau...
...created by such well-remembered artists as Stephen Aaron, John Ratte, Colgate Salisbury, John Poppy and Harold Scott. One day in conversation Scott mentioned he would like to put on Deathwatch if he only had some money. "I took him up on it--as a joke...no, as a bet. It was great fun, and it made money...
Sharps & Suckers. One key to a successful game, Yardley learned early, is to be observant, to study the others at the table until you know all their idiosyncrasies. "When players check, call or bet," says Yardley, "a man with a sensitive ear can detect a slight inflection of voice and read what it means." The earnest student scrutinized card sharps and suckers from Indiana to Chungking-and while he parted them from their cash, some of them came apart themselves. He was at Monty's Place in Worthington the morning a traveling salesman named Jake Moses...
...drink while playing. You may bet that black is white...
...impressions into Giant (TIME, Sept. 29, 1952), a novel about Texas that was as close to the mark as a tenderfoot's lariat, but waspish enough to infuriate Texans and amuse the citizens of the other 47 states. After Texas what? Alaska, naturally, and it is a safe bet that Edna Ferber's Ice Palace will be must reading all the way from Seattle to the DEW line...