Word: bets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...victory--Harvard's seventh consecutive win--upped its record to 14-4-1. With undisputed hold on second place behind Cornell in the E.C.A.C. standings, Harvard is a sure bet for the post-season E.C.A.C. tournament...
Howard Hughes Bet. Why had an experienced naval officer allowed this condition to exist? Johnson had been lulled into complacency by many factors. His principal argument was wholly unrelated to strategy or circumstance. No U.S. Navy ship, declared Johnson, had been captured in peacetime in 150 years. Thus, in his view, Pueblo's seizure was "highly improbable"-regardless of the belligerent mood of North Korea. "I would suggest," said Johnson, "that a bookmaker would give you such fantastic odds [against the possibility of capture] that someone as rich as Howard Hughes could not pay it off." Admitting that...
...majority ruled that the U.S. Commissioner who issued the search warrant that led to Spinelli's arrest did not have "probable cause" to do so. The warrant, said the court, should have contained both more detail on what led the informant to conclude that the phones were for bet taking, and some support for the FBI claim that the informant's word could be trusted. The informant's "meager report," said Justice John Harlan for the majority, "could easily have been obtained from an offhand remark heard at a neighborhood bar." Nor, said the court, does...
...rated WIND show, he declared that there should be a day of tribute for "our brave policemen and firemen." Then, noting an inflammatory-and, it developed, totally false-report that 3,000 rioters were planning to storm the Chicago Avenue Armory, he said, "Do you want to bet...
...first Ivy games, Harvard lost to both the Tigers and the Quakers, but from here, it seems a sure bet that the Crimson will avenge at least one and possibly both of those losses...