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Word: betting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bet nobody ever thought of calling it MUSCLES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 31, 1954 | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

...cemetery. As a partner in John Guedel Productions (with M.C. Art Linkletter), Guedel has grown considerably in the industry since those days. For one thing, his programs are now much livelier; the biggest are Linkletter's People Are Funny and House Party, and Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Idea Business | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

...month ago, Murchison predicted: "We'll get 90% of the proxies." Richardson, who loves to josh his wheeling-dealing friend, picked him up: "Bet you $10 million we don't." Said Murchison: "Well, if we don't get 90%, we'll get 55%, and that's enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: The New Athenians | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

...impression of cander rather than evasiveness. "How can a man answer yes or no to 25 questions all at once?" he asked. "Cohn, Adams, and McCarthy all seem to be making arguments from the witness stand, while Stevens seems to be trying sincerely to reveal the facts. "I'll bet my marbles on a witness like Stevens," he added...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: McCarthy-Stevens Arouse Faculty Comment | 5/6/1954 | See Source »

After a careful inspection of the Michigan political scene, politicos saw no one who could beat Soapy Williams. In the senatorial primary, Blair Moody seems a good bet to beat McNamara. But even Michigan Democrats doubt that Moody will be able to unseat Republican Senator Homer Ferguson in November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: McNamara's Whistle | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

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