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Word: bets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hoffa: You bet your life I will advertise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Last Go-Round | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...MILLION BET on success of Detroit's small cars was placed by Hertz Corp., which is buying 4,500 of Big Three's new models as a starter for its car rental service, will charge cheaper rates than for normal-sized cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jul. 27, 1959 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...harness race with Girl Friend Birgit Lundgren, he decided to back a long shot, was shortly rewarded with a $200 win on a $2 bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ingo's Return | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

...blocks in the 110-meter high hurdles. Bending far forward as he cleared the barriers, then snapping his body erect as he hit the cinders, Grasshopper Lauer was all alone at the tape, gasped in astonishment : "It was like having hold of a truck. I'll bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grasshopper from Germany | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

...panting for her by night. But the late-blooming bohemian's idyl is broken by Edith, who shows up to buy a painting and promptly recognizes the lamster. Will he turn worm and let himself be stuffed back into a boiled shirt? Not, the reader can bet his burnt sienna, until expatriate geniuses drink Pepsi-Cola instead of Pernod. For wives, the moral is clear: if a husband begins to doodle, draw your own conclusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Jul. 20, 1959 | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

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