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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attorney general expressed surprise that the hall--also known as Divinity Hall--has been wholly taken over by Div School students. "I would have bet on the law students," he equipped

Author: By Johnathan S. Sapers, | Title: Attorney General Smith Calls for Crime Crackdown | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

Gambling and football, on the other hand, are Siamese twins. Most newspapers in the country publish predictions and the latest betting line. Anyone who doesn't believe that games have been fixed is a fool. This year millions of dollars will be bet on the Super Bowl and major college bowl games; whenever there is that kind of money at stake people are going to be tempted to protect their investment. Last year two former Boston College basketball players were sent to jail for fixing games. If gamblers could buy a couple of nobodies on an insignificant team, they could...

Author: By John F. Banghinon, | Title: Good Clean Fun | 11/23/1983 | See Source »

...want to be a lawyer? Well, D. Robert White Esq. has some advice for you. White, 30, is the author of The Official Lawyer's Handbook, but you can bet your convertible debentures that this volume of dos and don'ts will not win an award from the American Bar Association. Lawyers, according to White, are an avaricious bunch of dull drudges who want to do you out of your life savings. One might give careful consideration to pleading guilty and going to prison before hiring one, White suggests. Is he serious? A little. The Official Lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Lawyer Mocking | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

That "total devastation" happened a year ago, but you can bet the farm it hasn't been forgotten. Restic won't let it be forgotten...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Waive That Flag | 11/12/1983 | See Source »

samples later this week in the fencing room, adding, "I'll bet that air samples will show that there is as much asbestos there as there is in Harvard Square...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Coach Claims Asbestos Still Poses Health Hazard at IAB | 11/1/1983 | See Source »

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