Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wants to see oneself as a good and giving person. There is nothing wrong with that, but it can't be the only goal. The ultimate goal must be a change in the system in which both the giver and the taker live. Life is made better generally. I bet if you had time to interview every one of our clients, many would not attribute changes that occurred to us at all. Good things happened, and they believe they were their achievements. In many ways they were...
When being investigated, Edwards gave 8-to-5 odds that he would not be indicted and 2-to-1 that he would not be convicted if he were. Now that he has lost the first bet, his chance of blowing two is in the hands of a twelve- member jury that after ten weeks of testimony must sort through the intricacies of stock transfers as well as the more riveting tales of crap table exploits...
...spree midway through the second half by Boston College (now 3-0 and a good bet to appear on next week's NCAA top-20 poll) put the Eagles up by as many as 41 points and the contest completely out of reach...
Faced with a fourth down deep in his own territory and trying to protect an 11-point lead with seven minutes left in the game, a lesser man would have punted and bet on his defense...
...probably a good bet that this young Crimson squad--although it will lose senior starters Linda Runyon, Bambi Taylor, Anne Kelly and Alicia Clifton--will be in the thick of the Ivy race next year...