Word: bets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Paris traffic being what it is, Correspondent Judson Gooding found the bicycle the best bet for skimming to and from interviews, far speedier than taxis or the Metro. One of his colleagues had to resort to a more elaborate approach. Since the press was not welcome at the funeral of Porfirio Rubirosa, the Paris Bureau's Robert Smith dressed in black, hired a black-capped chauffeur and a black limousine and set out to cover the story. He had no trouble. Naturally the most varied and militant types of transport were put to use by our Saigon Bureau staffers...
...never can tell about Summer School; it's a good bet that one or two of the Assistant Professors SMITHs in the catalogue will turn out to be the type of lectures whom sleepy pleasure wonks leap out of bed at 8 a.m. to hear. Deferentially, the editors of the Summer News offer a few hot tips...
...bigger and faster growing than their liabilities. For the great majority of Americans, debt is a means-to acquire one's own house, to achieve mobility, to invest in education or travel or plain comfort. Properly used and managed, it is not a sign of trouble but a bet on the future...
...past month. "I'll have no alibis. I know I can shoot a 65," Jack announced, and when he laughed his way to a 67 in practice, even his fellow pros were ready to concede the $25,000 winner's check. "He should be an even bet against the field," Billy Casper insisted. Sighed Sam Snead: "With his power, Nicklaus starts out five strokes ahead of the rest...
...Cody of New Orleans once served Mass for a newly ordained priest named Albert Meyer. Last week Cody, 57, was named to succeed the late Cardinal Meyer as Archbishop of Chicago. As head of the nation's largest archdiocese (2,400,000 Roman Catholics), he is a sure bet to be named the next U.S. cardinal...