Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...figure out Police Chief Bull Connor and his Birmingham dogs. Maybe Richard Nixon, the old Commie fighter, could see down the road three years to the day when he would be in Peking toasting his Chinese enemies and then in Moscow talking about limiting nuclear weapons. The better bet is that what was only a wistful glimmer suddenly became irresistible opportunity in the swirling tides that carry Presidents into uncharted waters...
...enthusiasm for the sport on to his sons. Brendan, built like his father, is just beginning. Colin is already a promising prospect. He is 5 ft. 10 in. with big hands and an uncanny instinct for his opponent's next move. Says Irving: "I have a $100 bet with Colin that I'll beat him on my 40th birthday, which is only 20 days away from his 17th. But he is already beating me. He's got the money in his pocket unless I catch...
...January 15: "Martin Luther King's Birthday, a holiday from academic exercises beginning at 1:00 p.m." This ludicrous half-holiday was the Faculty's reaction to Black students' demand for a full holiday. Perhaps there will be an explanation of the move in Government 150, "Bureaucracy." You can bet the subtlest change in the book from one year to the next--the half-step promotion of someone from Lecturer to Assistant Professor, or the switch of a course from fall term to spring--may actually be the result of the furious internal battles for which the Faculty is deservedly...
...firm plans to develop the use of monoclonal antibodies, which are invisible bits of protein that could be used to carry toxins that will specifically attack cancerous and other diseased cells, while leaving healthy ones alone. Although the technique remains unproved, the company looked like a good bet largely because its research staff is headed by a Nobel prizewinner and includes faculty members from Yale, Harvard and M.I.T...
...bet," said the Intern...