Word: bets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ueberroth was, among other things, preternaturally lucky. Almost everyone who thought about it had made a private bet with himself that no matter how tight the security, the odds were that a fanatic with a bomb in a gym bag would take down half a stadium one afternoon. When, the night before the opening, a man drove a car down the sidewalk in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, killing one person and injuring some 50 others, Americans muttered, "Oh, God! Here we go." But then the Games went off as peacefully as an Edwardian field...
...unexpected, however, Reagan's electoral dominance in 1984 ranks as one of the more improbable phenomena in the history of American politics. Who, even two years ago, would have bet that an intense conservative often accused of partiality to the rich would win a majority among voters earning between $12,500 and $25,000 a year? That the candidate whose presidency gave birth to the term gender gap would carry the women's vote by a thumping 57%? That the oldest President ever would reap 59% of the ballots cast by voters ages...
...Federal Reserve, where Chairman Paul Volcker stood firm for a restrictive policy. Said Treasury Secretary Donald Regan in May: "If the Fed continues on its tight path now, it will have an effect on November and December. Is that politics, and does that have us worried? You bet your life it has us worried...
...Administration asserted that despite the continuing presence of 225 U.S. servicemen on Grenada, it had tried to stay out of the contest. Said a U.S. official: "We maintained a hands-off policy. But anyone who knows anything at all about Grenada knew that a moderate party was the best bet. What everybody wanted was a government that was neither leftist nor a brutal, corrupt, fruitcake regime that would pave the way for another radical takeover...
Bartender: Here you go. I guess Teddy is lookin' kinda heavy these days, ain't he? Usually goes 210, and I bet he's piled on an extra 20. Another politician with a big mouth, right? Whaddaya say, how about some more pretzels...