Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Harvard's varsity lightweight eight bet their shirts with Coast Guard before Saturday's race--a time-honored crew tradition--there wasn't much doubt about who would be disrobing whom. To put it nicely, Coast Guard Academy has to stock up on plenty of extra crew jerseys before each season...
...satisfactory solution for both countries will only come about if Argentine leaders are convinced of the inadvisability on international and domestic grounds of allowing the crisis to escalate. The British promise that they will fight if the Argentine occupying troops remain in the Falklands. so Haig's best bet this weekend in Buenos Aires is persuading the Argentines could be promised sovereignty of the islands in accordance with the 1981 proposal. This arrangement presupposes that the British will be willing, despite last week's use of force, to grant Argentina sovereignty. Convincing the British of the expediency of agreeing, once...
...smells of deals, not ideals. Even his Roman Catholic soul can cop a plea: "He had his script worked out. Confession on his deathbed. Penance. Extreme unction. Two sacraments for the price of one. A perfect act of contrition. Not to mention a perfect way to hedge his bet in case he had backed the wrong horse...
...continued stalemate in itself could doom hopes for a prompt recovery from the deepening recession. Convinced that those huge deficits will keep interest rates high, businessmen are thus far unwilling to bet their buck on new investments and expanded production. Washington's waiting game, in short, carries risks that are not just political. -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett and Neil MacNeil/Washington
Those words appear in the January 30 issue, and so far the secretary is still around. But don't bet that some of the power brokers in Washington have not at least considered the magazine's pointed advice...