Word: bets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...season and the next four-a tough but not impossible feat for a slugger who has averaged 38.8 homers in the past five years. Many baseball men agree with Las Vegas Oddsmaker Jimmy ("The Greek") Snyder, who rates Mays as a 4-1 shot and Aaron as an even bet-barring injuries, of course-in the Babe Ruth derby...
...know you," Davis said, "but I'd bet money you could throw harder than this Bridgeport guy. I was drooling for a bat myself and yet the team only got three hits...
...shock-Powell has been pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church since 1937-but the ex-Congressman's stock has fallen nearly as low in the church as it has in politics. Not long ago, for example, he tossed his wallet onto the Communion table and offered to bet $1,000 that nobody in the congregation could prove to him that it was wrong to drink whisky or sleep with women (no takers). Powell's consistent absenteeism in favor of relaxing at his Bahamian home in Bimini also cushioned the blow. Said one church member last week...
...socially responsible" prove to be more profitable to their investors than those companies that are not. While this is hardly a fixed rule, the opposite assumption-that socially responsible organizations are relatively risky and unprofitable investments-is just as questionable, Blue-chip stocks, once considered the safest and best bet, are no longer sure moneymakers. As Forbes magazine noted in an editorial last year, the concept of blue-chip stocks "as a kind of Maginot Line behind whose ramparts [investors] could sit safe and sound" is obsolete. Blue-chip companies like GM are not only offensive; they are also often...
...really great horse surfaces about once every generation, and it looks as though Hoist The Flag is unbeatable. Go out of your way to see him and bet without fear of losing. The spectacle will be worth it. There may never be another like...