Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than small ones, since it takes a much longer time to accumulate sufficient stress. While scientists cannot say exactly where or when the next Big One will hit, they are not without hunches. Southern California, which has not had a Big One since 1857, is every seismologist's first bet...
...partying on Chardonnay and quiche in Candlestick parking lots while A's adherents settle for beer and bratwurst at the Coliseum. San Franciscans sneer at the drug problem in "Cokeland," and last week Mayor Art Agnos took arrogance to new heights, initially declining to make the traditional World Series bet with his Oakland counterpart, Lionel Wilson, because "there's nothing in Oakland I want...
...bet the ranch on the Crimson winning the overall lightweight eight race just yet. There are still other non-collegiate crews they need to worry about, namely the U.S. and Canadian national teams...
...LOVE. An infusion of wit and imagination raises this police film above the rank and file. One of New York's finest (Al Pacino) pursues a serial killer who is stalking womanizers; the likeliest suspect (Ellen Barkin) is also the best bet to comfort our hero...
Despite what happened in the William's game, every Harvard fan would have bet the ranch that the Crimson would clinch the match in the third set. Even with excellent play from Marybeth Flemming and Chrissy Leonard, Lowell just couldn't get it together...