Word: bets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Many Israelis, the Holocaust fresh in their memory, believe that that Horror gives them the right to inflict horror on others," he wrote. "Winternitz's account of the Shin Bet, the Israeli secret police, is eerily similar to the stories of the Nazi Gestapo, the Geheimstaatspolitzei in Nazi-occupied territories in World War II--arbitrary arrests in the middle of the night, imprisonment without trial, beatings, refined tortures, murder, punishment of the families of suspects...
...even better: in a $25 million lawsuit that spawned lurid headlines as it went to trial last week in White Plains, New York, Tepperman charges wrongful dismissal and, not incidentally, paints an ugly picture of Perelman's operation. Is there an unpleasant side to staggering wealth? You bet...
...with better spatial abilities, or do they develop them by playing sports in which eye-hand coordination is crucial? Are women innately better at reading words and understanding emotions, or do they just get more practice? If heredity and biology are important, though, then it's a pretty good bet that the sex hormones are somehow involved. For that reason, researchers have begun delving into the effects of testosterone and estrogen on the brain...
...already hits in the Latin market. Some of the best new tracks--the spirited mariachi song Tu Solo Tu and a soulfully giddy duet with David Byrne called God's Child--were recorded for, then dropped from, the sound track for the movie Don Juan DeMarco. Says Brennan: "I bet the producers of that movie regret that...
...damned attitude drives Moynihan to distraction. "Knowing what you don't know is a form of knowledge and the beginning of wisdom," he says. "If nothing else, the Rutgers work should finally cause us to slow down and consider what we're doing." And how much would Moynihan bet that his colleagues follow his advice? "Oh," he says, "about nothing...