Word: bets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...work since he earned "810 an hour" delivering groceries at 15. Once Lassiter spotted a "mark" 40 points in a 100-point match, and the fellow pocketed 58 balls before he even got a chance to shoot. Wimpy calmly chalked his cue and ran 100 balls to win the bet...
...that "historic personage" in Paris. It was hardly that. The nationwide results were really little more than a tweak of the De Gaulle nose. However inept as vote getters his minions may be, De Gaulle himself remains undisputably the most popular man in France and virtually a certain bet to succeed himself as President...
Neither man would comment on whom he thought would reach the moon first. However, Whipple has a $1000 bet with a Viennese scientist that someone will land on the moon and return alive by 1970. An expensive guess...
...illuminate the area, then swept the slope with a barrage of machine-gun and mortar fire. Though there were no signs of bodies the next morning, the marines were delighted with the radar's performance in its first combat tests. Chuckled one machine gunner: "I'll bet they wondered how we knew they were out there...
...Interesting Comparison. Richard, 53, disagrees. "You can bet it will not be a popularity contest," he says. "He'll have to stand up and be counted on every issue. And I want to know-I want the people of Miami Beach to know-everything about him. I want to examine his record of public service against mine, his military record against mine, his domestic record, his children, his business activity. I'm going to compare everything in his life to my life. Mr. Roosevelt is not going to get away with generalizations...