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Word: bets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...against the greatest team of post-war baseball, the Indians with 111 victories in a 154-game season, and a pitching staff of Lemon, Wynn, Garcia and an aging but able Bob Feller. I bet every cent I won (about two bucks) at long odds on the hometown boys, and the Giants win in 4 as Dusty Rhodes emerges from the bench into ephermeral glory. I end up with about 12 bucks and considered myself the richest kid in town...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: On Rooting | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...sure did. And I bet a lot of the viewers did, too...hey hey, looks like a grand slam home...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: The Week That Was | 10/24/1987 | See Source »

...says I, "I bet Mike Dukakis wishes our boy Ron could get involved with some pretty young sexpot...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Coffee at the U.N. | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...shirt: traditional bet on the outcome of intercollegiate crew races. The members of each winning boat collect the shirts of their opponents. At the sprints, the winning crew will pick up 14 shirts after the final race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Primer: Head of the Charles from A to Z | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...after weeks of dusty browsing around this great country, I stopped for coffee at Toad's Place, out in western Iowa, and bet my old gang a nickel on Bush. It may be catching. The Washington Post's David Broder last week inhaled the fall vapors and wrote, "The recognition is growing in the political community that odds favor the Republicans' nominating the next President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: For Real Fun, Watch the G.O.P. | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

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