Word: betting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Male Animal. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Nora M. Wolven asked for an annulment, complained that her husband Charles had married her just to get an apartment. In Minneapolis, Mrs. Vivian Holweger divorced her husband Ernest, charging that he had married her to win two quarts of whiskey on a bet...
...probable absence of distance star Ted Norris because of a bad cold should not hurt the Crimson in the 220 and 440 free-style, Ulen said, since Captain Jerry Gorman seems a sure bet to win both races tonight...
...squash success is the large number of matches played. outside of the regular intercollegiate engagements, five Harvard units take part in the daily metropolitan league in which Massachusetts top racquets stare are playing for such teams as the Harvard Club, University Club, and the Union Boat Club. "I'II bet we play more often than any other sport at Harvard." Barnaby says. During the Christmas vacation, any Crimson team members who happen to be in New. York will have plenty of opportunities to keep in shape...
Empty Bowl. Whatever the final outcome, NBC's Sunday evening position looked bleak, except for Fred Allen. At one time, NBC strategists had thought of filling in with a series of crime-mystery plays. But that bet was automatically ruled out by NBC's own ban on mystery shows before 9:30 p.m. (presumably the hour when all little pitchers are in bed). Crumped one disgruntled executive: "We've made our policy. Now we have to sleep with...
...drug looked like a good bet for alcoholics. Other anti-worm medicines (e.g., the common cleaning fluid carbon tetrachloride) are sometimes fatally poisonous when mixed with alcohol. During the past year, two of Dr. Jacobsen's associates have treated 500 alcoholics with the drug; they called it "antabus" (from anti-abuse). By last week 450 of the patients still had a loathing for alcohol after only one dose of antabus...