Word: bets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Saturday's race is number 108 in the series which Harvard leads 60-47. Harvard goes into the race the unquestioned favorite and in most crew circles is considered a sure bet to win number 61. The Crimson enters the contest with credentials idential to last year's. Unfortunately for the Elis, their credentials are also identical to last year's--mediocre at best...
...have to settle for Mary Bunting, George Ball, and Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, all of whom will be in town--and you can bet your Doctor of Humane Letters it isn't to take the tour of the Science centre...
...previous exposure to horse racing consisted of infrequent visits ("about once every four years") to the race track. But Writer Havemann was right at home. A former TIME editor who began writing college textbooks nine years ago. Havemann is the son of a onetime jockey. He placed his first bet at the age of twelve, bought his first race horse in 1957-that is, as soon as he was financially able-now he owns a stable of six. He once competed against Mrs. Tweedy, but his best horse lost by a head to Cicada, the famous mare of The Meadow...
Will President Nixon be impeached or forced to resign because of Watergate? Don't bet on it. That's the current advice of Las Vegas Oddsmaker Jimmy the Greek Snyder. He estimates that the odds are 1,000 to 1 against impeachment and a somewhat less staggering 200 to 1 against resignation. Jimmy also says that the odds against convicting former Attorney General John Mitchell...
...popular and populous since then, and Secretariat started out with about 25,000 contemporaries, all potential competitors. Further, the three major races, bunched within five weeks, present different problems in terms of length and race track surfaces. Yet, the chalk players have such confidence in Secretariat that a $2 bet will likely fetch no more than $2.10 or $2.20 if he wins at Belmont...