Word: bets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...digging up background on the composer and his music so that the writer in New York would have this information before the premiere in Covent Garden. This done, she got ready to go to Leicestershire to track down a lead on a story that looked like a good bet for TIME'S Music section in the future...
...Some 62% of all men and 27% of the women have played poker for money; 17 million men and 11 million women have bet money at a race track...
...Raskin. No longer a perennial also-ran (six defeats) for the U.S. presidency, roving Lecturer-Writer-Committeeman Thomas had lost none of his tongue's facile sharpness. Eying the rigors of a world toying with the idea of "peaceful coexistence" (he calls it "competitive coexistence"), Thomas placed his bet on the West: "Our democracy is like a reluctant knight going out to engage the dragon. His armor is on awry and he drives out his horse with no flash of enthusiasm, but somehow in the end the dragon poops out and our knight wins." He glibly switched metaphors...
...appointment was predicted yesterday by Paul A. Freund, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of International Law, who said, "If I were making a bet, I'd place it on Harlan." Last night, he added that "a prophet is always glad to be vindicated. It has every promise of turning out to be an excellent selection. Judge Harlan is very well regarded by both the bar and judges in New York...
Agnew was not the only victim, for the Crimson gang tackled all afternoon. It was as if Line Coach Schmitt, End Coach Joe Maras, and Backfled Coach Josh Williams had a bet to see which could produce the most tackles. Fortunately for Harvard, and unfortunately for Princeton, the bet came out a draw...