Word: bets
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Should district representation pass, it is unlikely that the current council, with at least three departing members, will make any decisions. By the time the new council is sworn in, 60 of the 90 days will have been used up. No one will bet that any Boston City Council can agree on the districts 30 days; the alternative concerns many voters...
...incumbents running for re-election, all are favorites to win one of the nine positions; Flynn is a sure bet to top the ticket while Joe Tierney and Patrick McDonough may not finish in the top six. Aside from Flynn, who has reached out beyond his conservative South Boston base, and become a strong advocate for rent control and condominium conversion restrictions, none of the incumbents could be accused of a thoughtful or decisive discussion of any issues. They all rail against the mayor and demand more fire and police protection; with established names, if not reputations, that should...
Saundra Graham--the only Black on the council--also seems a safe bet. The only serious rival for Black votes in the city is Alvin Thompson, who two years ago got less than half of Graham's total, despite the CCA's endorsement. This year, the CCA dropped its support of Thompson, endorsing only one Black candidate, Graham. And the absence of Severlin Singleton--a Black who picked up 547 votes in 1979--should also help Graham, who won more of his transfer votes than Thompson...
With interest rates volatile, banks everywhere have been under heavy pressure to anticipate which way rates will move next. Some of the big money center banks bet right in the third quarter, and were able to profit from a September dip in the cost of borrowing short-term funds from the federal funds market. Others avoided betting altogether by hedging: for example, by matching their own borrowing against the loans they make and by not locking in long-term loans to fixed interest rates. Says Mark Flannery, assistant professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School...
...viewpoint by allowing her to comment upon what has happened, or what is occurring within a given shot. While the image remains intact, her voice, satirizing the dramatic situation or directly addressing the audience, comes from off the screen. She second-guesses our reading of the film ("I'll bet you're saying, 'This is where she's going to mess up.' Right? Wrong."), providing comic relief within an otherwise somber thematic structure. As in reality, it's not safe to assume what will come next...