Word: bets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rattle of a Simple Man. "Have ye got a dartboard?" asks the scoutmaster from Manchester. There are no tiddlywinks at hand, and the London prostitute with whom he is spending the night to win a ?50 bet on his virility has grown weary of ticktacktoe. "You're not oldfashioned, darling," she coos at last. "You're unbelievable...
...prosecution told it, Fein shot his bookmaker to death in October, 1963, to avoid paying off a $23,890 World Series bet on the New York Yankees, stuffed his body into a trunk, and persuaded a bosomy, redheaded prostitute named Gloria Kendal to dump the trunk in the Harlem River for him. Somehow, the body floated clear, and when it was discovered a month after the murder, Gloria phoned Fein in a snit. "Don't you ever watch TV?" she asked him. "Didn't you ever hear of cement...
...Brown plays host to Princeton. The unbeaten Tigers, lead by their powerful fullback Cosmo Iaccavazi, have been installed a 7 1/2-point favorite. The point spread seems to be accurate, though the Bruins have an unpredictable squad capable of pulling an upset. In other words, it's not worth a bet...
...safe bet that the LBJ bumper sticker people are not among the Extremists for Johnson who scratch at other people's cars. Their stickers are solitary, scrupulously neat, and say something restrained, such as "All the Way it LBJ" or "Scientists and Engineers for Johnson and Humphrey." Only two cars of the 38 bore tags revealing their other affiliations; only one mentioned any political candidate besides the big boy. Only two cars sported anything daring as "Stop Barry, The Life You Save May Be Your Own." The LBJ bumper tag army is specially socially in their electioneering an in their...
...Francis "Sweepstakes" Kelley, an old-guard ward heeler Democrat running for Attorney General was defeated decisively by Edward Brooke, a Republican. Brooke, who has now joined that select circle of the Commonwealth's politicians who are regarded as incorruptible, is regarded as a pretty good bet for reelection despite the Johnson landslide...