Word: betting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...population is up 40%, the meat supply down 70%. One butcher's solution: "I gotta make a living and I gotta keep my customers satisfied. Every morning I make the rounds of four black-market outfits. In one I say to the guy 'I'll bet you $25 you can't get me a side of beef.' I lay the cash on the table and I always lose the bet. What the hell would...
...clock last night the students, faculties, and service men of the University had not yet solved the code message contained in Sunday's Terry and the Pirates. Look: Milt Caniff can do it, the General can do it, and I bet you two to one Flash Gordon could do it with one had tied behind his rocket ship. Well...
...Harlem's no worse than any place else. You Bet! But you gotta get your mind out of Harlem into Heaven! Amen! You can do it by singing. And I've come to sing hell out of Harlem! Praise the Lord...
...Lemnitzer, who lives in Washington, told the story last week. If she knew anything about the old Army game, Mrs. Lemnitzer was willing to bet that by now, somewhere in North Africa, was a buck private without his pants...
...percher (textile for inspector) is getting hard to find and it took a month to train a new man to spot all the possible defects in cloth as it comes off the looms. Dooley and Dietz bet they could reduce the month to half a day. They had the management get samples of all possible defects. They sewed the samples into a strip 75 yards long and put it on rollers. Then they had the No. 1 inspector teach them what to look for. They analyzed and sent for a green man. After watching the roll...