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Word: bets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would have appeared elongated to him, but so would his canvas. If he painted precisely as he saw, the effect would have been self-correcting. An astigmatic person may see a circle as an ellipse, but if asked to draw what he sees, he will draw a circle. I bet an eye doctor would back me up that El Greco's elongations were artistic, not optical, aberrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 24, 1958 | 3/24/1958 | See Source »

...relays, none of the teams in the league have the manpower to take both, and if any team could conceivably win both, it is the Crimson. Its best bet is the mile relay, where coach Bill McCurdy could shoot his ponies for a sure win, or do it the hard way with two of his untried sophomores...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Crimson Will Face Cornell In Heptagonal Track Meet | 3/8/1958 | See Source »

Tonight's game will make little difference in the NCAA selections, unless, of course, the Crimson loses or ties. Barring any more upets, it is a fairly sure bet that Clarkson and the varity will be the two choices...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Powerful Crimson Sextet Favored Over Princeton at Watson Tonight | 3/5/1958 | See Source »

WABD decided that bingo would be a good bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Bingo! | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

What'll you bet Pravda renames our Explorer satellite Spitenik...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 24, 1958 | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

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