Word: bets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although polls indicate that Langlie faces an uphill fight to win, they also show him gaining ground on Maggie. Said a Magnuson supporter: "If I had to bet $100 on Maggie, I'd go right out and hedge it with $50 on Langlie." Ultimately, the traditional tendency of Washington voters (who give the Democrats a nominal 11% edge) is to ignore party labels for a particular man or issue. Until they pass the fork in the 1956 road and make the big choice, the race will be in doubt for everybody...
...Billion-Franc Bet. Last week, at the start of Deauville's most fashionable fortnight, André prowled his domain from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. each day, checking the activities of his 2,000 employees (per capita wine allowance: 5 gals. a season), the kitchens that dish out one ton of roast beef and 30 lbs. of caviar a day, the cellars from which 20,000 bottles of champagne flow each season...
...losing their gloss, ordered refresher courses for his shoeshine force. Horrified to learn that the Casino was losing 40? a portion on every meat dish, André phone-swoggled his butcher into giving him a $285-a-week price cut. Since he counts on making $1.75 on every $100 bet at roulette, André closely inspects the three inspectors he posts at every gambling table to keep an eye on the croupiers...
...Limb. In Los Angeles, claiming innocence when detectives questioned him about bookmaking, Ralph Pattison said he had been trying to place a bet, not take one, was arrested when the officers found $3,233 in cash and a betting slip in his wooden...
...Time Loser. In Chicago, after Paul E. Bell placed a bet, the bookie identified himself as a detective and the horse, So Bet Me, fell dead in the race...