Word: betting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is, of course, a plot. The plot represents a woman who is all bet up on having a baby and a man who is palpitating to bring Holywood entertainment to OUR BOYS. The man (George Raft) gets killed and the woman (Miss Zorina) forgets about the brat and becomes a camp-to-camp crusader for the higher life (as portrayed by Mr. Fields...
Earl Warren's name had not been among those originally suggested for keynoter. Reason: he was considered a sure bet for second place on a ticket with Tom Dewey, and the keynote spot is usually reserved for a noncandidate. But by the time the G.O.P. Committee on Arrangements met in Chicago's Stevens Hotel, the way had been cleared for the Westerner...
...Halsey reached the end of his road. Above his area the commands of Nimitz and MacArthur (under both of whom he had worked) had joined. Next job for "Bull" Halsey, one of only three four-star admirals in the Pacific,* is still a layman's guess. A good bet: it will be another fighting job in the Pacific. Headlong Admiral Halsey neither has nor cultivates any genius for riding a desk...
Best guess was that Homer Bone would not resign from the Senate until after the November election, thus preventing Republican Governor Arthur Langlie from appointing an interim G.O.P. Senator. But with the hottest Democratic vote getter out, Washington GOPsters were hopeful. Best Republican bet: Eric Johnston, 47, of Spokane, the forceful president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
...whose names are underwritten, loyal members of Church of do solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together to work for a just and cooperative world order. We pray that our nation shall help to establish an international organization for the bet ter ordering of the interdependent life of nations, the preservation of peace with justice, and the furtherance of the general good of all peoples. Unto this great task we commit our wills and our ways. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names. Anno Domini...