Word: bets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...here." The chant persisted, so Nehru dug in. "The bilingual state of Bombay will come into being on November 1, and there is no power on earth which can flout the decision of Parliament," said he. From the audience came the roar: "It will not happen!" "You want to bet?" shouted Nehru, his face taut...
...girls. The French cavalry was particularly well trained in this peacetime maneuver, and of all the young French officers none was more swift, more sure in the pursuit than Lieut. Armand de la Verne (Gerard Philipe) of the 33rd Dragoons. Cocksure he was, and one day he laid a bet he could have any woman in town within a month-put their names in a hat and take your pick...
What happened then? What happened when he told her? What happened when her lover found out? When the colonel found out? When the town found out? When the lady herself found out about the bet? Something very French, something subtly exciting to watch. And the excitement is made more exquisite by the sensitive way the director resolves music and color (nobody could guess that he is working with color for the first time), actor and setting, sophisticated laughter and simple sadness in a limpid mood that lies somewhere between innocence and experience, heartache and heartache. It is the mood that...
...phones jumping. The football season had opened, and soon the world would stop for the World Series. Behind the cheering squads, the home-run heroics and the whole windblown outdoor excitement of one sport ending and another beginning lurked an excitement of a very different kind. Millions of Americans bet heavily not merely on horses but on all sports. There would be hundreds of thousands of dollars wagered on Saturday's halfbacks, even more on the strong arms of Series pitchers. And from high rollers to "little jerks" (as the big bookmakers call hole-and-corner operators), every smart...
Despite the small vigorish, bookmakers find baseball their No. 1 sport. The big action is indicative of baseball's freedom from corruption. No sensible bookie is interested in a crooked game; it is he who would pay off on a fixer's bet. Football ranks No. 2, well ahead of basketball, which has yet to recover from the 1951 scandals. A few bookmakers and gamblers, in fact, are not yet sure the scandals are over. The biggest bet a wise book will take on most college games...