Word: bets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...close to the deck for greater precision, thus become vulnerable not only to a dense cloud of flak but also to small-arms fire. Such ground fire takes an even heavier toll than do the surface-to-air missiles that bristle around major targets. "Every farmer over there, I bet, has a pistol or a rifle," says Air Force Major Edward E. Williams, a veteran of the bombing war against North Viet Nam. In dogfights with Red MIGS, though, the U.S. has a 26-to-6 edge...
...Easy way to win a bet: ask which are the southernmost, northernmost, westernmost and easternmost states. Answers: Hawaii, Alaska, Alaska-and Alaska, which is easternmost because it crosses the 180th meridian...
...bet I will," said Earl Warren Jr., 36. As a matter of fact, young Earl had nothing but praise for the sort of decisions that have been made by his father's U.S. Supreme Court in recent years. "They are recognizing the laws as they originally were intended to be," he explained. Now Junior will be able to make a few decisions of his own. California's outgoing Governor Pat Brown, an old family friend, has named Earl, a lawyer and registered Democrat, as a Sacramento municipal-court judge...
...these questions can be completely answered against the Jumbos tonight. One measuring stick, though, is the number of times the Crimson loses the ball on traveling violations, bad passes, and offensive fouls. It happened less often in the W.P.I. game than the Brandeis, and it is a good bet it will be even better tonight...
...Take the Jews. They're all a bunch of orientals, actually. Why I bet 90 percent of the people in this country don't know that David Ben-Gurion is a Zen Buddhist!" I identified myself with the majority. "Well all you got to do is your homework, to find out," he said. "Look. The Bible and science simply do not contradict one another. Some people say they do, but they just don't know their science...