Word: betting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lock up the safe. Recently, when a drunk fell through a window almost onto her desk, she surveyed him calmly, then told him: "You're the only person to get into my theater free in 20 years." Says Cissy: "I'm no Lily Pons, but I bet I have just as good a time...
...Spivak is possibly the best bet among Crimson entries to win some points. Along with Spivak in his specialty, the 50 yard dash, will be Thayer, Jerry Gibson, and Murray Peristein...
Casimiro stormed, pleaded, but the band played on. By the time the young men called it a night, the damage had been done. Next day Casimiro's cocks went down in shattering defeat. Casimiro lost every stake, every side bet. He took the case to court, but the magistrado inquired: since when had serenading been against the law in Bogota...
...another year of college play), Pennsylvania's burly center, Chuck Bednarik. That eliminated bidding between teams in each league but not between leagues. Nobody knew how much the traffic would bear. The Brooklyn Dodgers had signed Columbia's fullback, Lou Kusserow, but it was a fair bet that the Dodgers might not have a team next year for Kusserow to play...
...member of Britain's famed Fleming Committee to get underprivileged children into the public (i.e., private) schools. About the only break with tradition the Emperor had made was to abolish required top hats, and that was because of a shortage of toppers. Many Etonians were willing to bet that new Headmaster Birley might find some other Etonian practices...