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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...judge, found her guilty. Miss Rand thereupon stood on her head in payment of a bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People 1982: A History of This Section | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...last year. Led by co-captains McNulty and Rippy, the team has been helped by the return of seniors Webber and Gerkin, both in good shape after spending last year in Europe. And Gompers, an Olympic hopeful, who has recovered from last year's nagging injuries, is a good bet to finish first for Harvard every meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men, Women Harriers Trounce Brown | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

...tomorrow? I said, "I don't know, because you keep me in the dark. I have not received any newspapers in five years. If people are happy, I'll just go home to my province and retire there, but if they are unhappy, then you can bet I'll be mounting a soap box. So if you think you've done well, release me. If not, don't release me, because it would only exacerbate the situation." He wanted me to give my word that I was throwing in the towel. Finally he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Would Be Lonely Without Me: Benigno Aquino and Marcos | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...made-for-cable movies bet on double-barreled star power

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Surpassing Pair of Pairs | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...help of at least 58 questionable absentee ballots, the elder Draper lost the race for the state house seat anyhow. And until last week, his son, one of only four politicians in the state's history to be elected speaker for three terms, was a very good bet for higher office. Now, like Fitzgibbon, the younger Draper faces a maximum of five years in prison. Maintains Draper: "I've done nothing wrong." At week's end Governor George Nigh announced that both leaders were automatically suspended from their offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Plan | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

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