Word: betting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the arrival of peace Scranton's 140,000 citizens, unwilling to accept a ghost city in a deserted valley, decided to bet a chunk of solid cash on a new future. Spurred on by civic leader Ralph E. Weeks, president of world-famous International Correspondence Schools, they formed a corporation (The Scranton Plan Inc.), wrote a campaign song (Buy Scranton Bonds), and, on street corners, in barber shops and bars, at luncheons and rallies, began collecting $100 pledges...
...time he had been released on $10,000 bond (with a warning not to go within 200 feet of any navigable water), it was apparent that any specific evidence against the young Soviet officer was being kept strictly on ice. In Washington, a naval commander offered to bet that the Yellowstone "had no more top secrets than my desk." Politicians began asking out loud if Redin was perhaps really connected with an atomic spy ring...
...Ship, an ancient Tudor pub with sawdust on the floor, overlooking the finish line. Publican Gus Foster, an ex-lion tamer, thought some of the old boat-race flavor was missing. He remembered the time he bet his shirt against a lady's blouse-and won. "She took off her blouse right in the public bar," he said. "She was a sport, she was." For 30 years he had rented out window space on The Day, and usually quadrupled his sale of beer and short-order meals...
...once-jampacked pub sat just two tweedy Cambridge men (one without an arm), two half-pint ratings from the Submarine Service, two burly noncoms from the Grenadier Guards. A tipsy ex-Tommy wanted to bet five pounds to four on Oxford and got no takers. A radio blared. Said Gus: "The boat race, it's dying out, that's wot it is. ... Trouble is everyone goes for football matches 'n dog racing wot they can 'ave a bit of a bet on." Actually the crowds were as big as ever, and grateful for the outing...
...There's no doubt about the final outcome of the tour. When I play him, he can't control the game at all; I'll either win or beat myself." Usually no self-bettor, Budge had his dander up this time, made a $1,000 side bet with Riggs. Said he: "I'm betting with Riggs because he's always talking about betting and I'd just like to rub his face...