Word: bets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...familiar tunes along with a fall collection of eye-popping new finery, Fair Lady conquered the qualms of a Manhattan premiere audience that sat down whistling Show Me and got up feeling it could've danced all night. When the excitement abated, it seemed a safe bet that, come Oscar time next spring, some of Lady's $17 million investment will be returned in handy carry-home sizes...
...year. Lyndon Johnson has a healthy lead in California over Barry Goldwater. The state's registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a big margin: 4,736,906 to 3,182,397. Even accounting for ticket splitting and other vagaries of the California voter population, Pierre should be a safe bet...
Mississippi: Three-term Democrat John C. Stennis, 63, may or may not face opposition from the predominantly Negro Freedom Democratic Party, but it hardly matters. The surest bet around...
Will the Supreme Court agree? Not since 1936 has the Court struck down an act of Congress based on the commerce clause, and the current Court is obviously concerned with Negro rights. Still, there is no such thing as an absolutely sure bet on Supreme Court decisions, but the smart money is betting that the Court will squarely face the issue and rule before Election...
...Tory comeback, are predicting a small Labour majority in the next Parliament. Stock market prices are down in anticipation of a Labour victory, and Ladbrooks's "bookmakers to the Establishment," puts the odds at 1-3 for Labour and 9-4 for the Conservatives. Labour looks like the safer bet...