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Word: bets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special perspective to the task, for he is himself an immigrant, having come from Switzerland at the age of six. "This project has reminded me of what makes America unique," he says. "No other country has the courage to let its demographic mix change so quickly, and to bet that doing so will continue to enrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Jul. 8, 1985 | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...million nautical miles crossing to Manhattan, now lies beneath the water there), two deckhands on a workboat sprawl out sunning themselves. "Everywhere you look there's a study team combing over something. I'm surprised they ain't started strip-searching us yet. Everything's historic! Jeez, I bet I'd get busted if I tried to take a damn Coke bottle off this island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: From Ellis Island to Lax | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

Frank added, "it's a good bet" that the 102nd Harvard-Yale game will be televised on November 23, but "it hasn't been determined...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Ivy League Football To be Broadcast Again | 7/4/1985 | See Source »

...chronicling the same period of lonely exile. Gerald Posner, a New York lawyer who has pursued the Mengele story for four years and who had flown to West Germany from Sao Paulo to check the veracity of the Bunte documents, expressed no doubts whatsoever. "I'd be willing to bet anyone this material is authentic," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searches Absolutely No Doubt | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...white '80s teenager must teach black '50s musicians the finer points of rock 'n' roll. Out-rageous! After a thunderous heavy-metal riff, Marty stares at his dumbfounded audience and shrugs, "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." You bet, Marty. You and your whole movie. Now and for 30 years to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: This Way to the Children's Crusade | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

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