Word: bets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Nebraska (12): Best bet is 8 for Stevenson, 4 for Kefauver...
...Last November Chairman Hall told Ike that three or four major television speeches should be enough to insure his reelection. But the chances for a Republican Congress would then be slim. Told that he must himself work and travel if he wants a G.O.P. Congress, the President replied: "You bet. I know...
...ideal adviser does not exist--and it is a pretty safe bet that he doesn't--what do the present advisers actually do? How much time do they spend with their advisees, and what kind of advice" do they give...
...chalk players, naturally, had known it all along. As they queued up to cash their mutuel tickets (the favorite paid $5.20 for $2), they talked of another Kentucky tradition: "Never bet against the son of a Derby winner in a Derby." Needles' sire, Ponder, ran off with the Derby in 1949. And just to make the old saw stick, Ponder's sire, Pensive, turned the trick...
...long haul, the artist's best bet for a steady income is a gallery contract, a monthly payment of $50 to $150 for "first look" rights. Portrait commissions, once the artist's standby, have practically dried up; the art patron willing to finance a painter is as scarce in inflation-ridden France as a gold franc note. Many artists barter their works for art materials, do part-time drudge work painting lead soldiers, washing bottles, painting houses...