Word: betting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After Hunt's announcement, Republican Congressman William H. Harrison, 58, grandson of President William Henry Harrison, filed for the office and became the best bet for the G.O.P. nomination. Harrison (now serving his second term in the House) has been unusually good at keeping his fences mended and running errands for folks back home. He had wanted to sidestep an election fight with popular Lester Hunt, but with the Senator out of action, Harrison, like all Wyoming Republicans, was suddenly feeling tough and cocky...
...Quizmaster Groucho (You Bet Your Life) Marx, collar up, slouch hat down, landed at London Airport, beat off autograph hounds, then was besieged by newsmen. Asked one: "Why haven't you visited London for 23 years?" Growled Groucho: "To avoid newspapermen. You can call me the male Greta Garbo." With that, he loped off into the rain...
Half of England, according to a royal commission's report on gambling, got a bet down on the Derby. At the track, garishly garbed "TicTac" men waved semaphore signals to their bookies as reports on off-course betting came in over the "blower" (telephone). A Yorkshire colt named Rowston Manor and a French challenger, Ferriol, were joint favorites at 5 to 1. Few bothered with an American-bred chestnut colt named Never Say Die. He had won only once as a two-year-old, had run three times this year and never finished first. He went...
After still another exacting session that day-a total of 3½ hours of conducting during which he never once seemed tired-the maestro returned to his suburban Riverdale home. This week Arturo Toscanini is flying to Italy. Many musicians who know him were ready to bet last week that the maestro's conducting days were far from over...
...past nine years, Mrs. Royale's daily ride has become something of a legend, and local citizens are willing to bet that it is the longest daily school-bus ride anywhere in the nation. Each morning Mrs. Royale heads first for nearby Tiger. There she picks up 15 pupils and sets out for Oracle for 15 more. She drives over mountain roads and flat, paved highways, stops at junctions along the way for the boys and girls who are waiting. By the time she gets them to Florence (where the nearest high school is located), she has covered...