Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...multistate lottery. In 1985 government-sponsored gambling is expected to generate revenues of $10 billion and net the states $4.1 billion. As lotteries reach across the U.S., criticism will doubtless grow. But with billions at stake and new tax revenue hard to come by, it would be risky to bet that the politicians will pay much attention, or that millions of ticket buyers want them...
...unbathed French trapper, with whom she has seven children. The failing local college - is finally abandoned after a bear kills a student, and the town's first Norwegian is a Union Army deserter whose descendants, the Sons of Knute, hold a yearly contest, starting on Groundhog Day, where you bet on the day and hour a 1949 Ford will sink through the ice and into the lake. "Left to our own devices," writes Keillor, "we Wobegonians go straight for the small potatoes...
...very broad range of experience with a lot of different countries and wonderful judgment," said Susan A. Rogers, the B-School's assistant dear for executive education. "He has a tremendous amount of support and respect around here-he'll be very hard to replace. It bet they [the Treasury Department] can't wait...
...Square's 27 new, used, and specialty book stores dot most corners and fill at least three basements. For textbooks and general reading, your best bet is to start with The Harvard Coop. The Harvard Book Store (1256 Mass. Ave) stays open till 10 p.m. every night except Sunday. It carries new titles and used books at half-price downstairs. For more mainstream new books, there's the Paperback Booksmith (25 Brattle St.). Reading International (47 Brattle St.) is also good for late-night shoppers and offers a huge selection of magazines and a mixture of popular and scholarly titles...
...Case (42 Church St.). Look in the six-by-six foot "Room A" for occult books, "Room B" for religion, and go to the store's Annex (33 Church St.) if you don't like reading in the dark. The Pangloss Bookshop (65 Mt. Auburn St.) is another sure bet for cheap used books, especially in the social sciences...