Word: betting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Appeasement. But the Russians could hardly execute or jail 18 million East Germans. Their best bet was to conciliate where they could, in hopes that the hatred and yearnings which still smoldered beneath the surface might die out for lack of political oxygen. In daily spurts of breast-pounding and backtracking, Premier Grotewohl, Walter Ulbricht the No. 1 Red, and their henchmen carried out orders to ease policies which had brought East German workers and peasants to the pitch of revolution...
...March Around the Table," in which the kids in the audience play follow-the-leader, led by Sam Cowling. McNeill also interviews selected guests, ranging from such visiting stars as Bob Hope to such personalities as Elmer Feagin, who walked from Texarkana to Chicago to pay off a bet. Don, who classes himself as an introvert, sees his job as simply being friendly and letting the guests do the talking. He still follows the ten rules he devised 20 years ago on the subject of "How to Become a Master of Ceremonies...
...Want to Stay." Capitol Hill Democrats are, in the way of Democrats, optimistic about 1954. Last week any Democratic leader on the Hill would bet that they will win control of the House in 1954 (a net gain of five seats will do it). They do not think they can win control of the Senate, but only because too many doubtful seats now held by Democrats will be on the block. No one is saying just what roles Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson will play in the 1954 campaigns. Said Truman recently: "If it will help for me to stay...
...Claus for a children's hospital, act like a civic leader in Jacksonville, and throw his weight around in the state government. In 1948, with two other moneybags, Johnston tossed $450,000 into the campaign kitty of fun-loving Politician Fuller Warren. At first, this seemed a good bet: Warren was elected governor over a Fort Pierce citrus grower named Dan McCarty...
...easier breath; the first phase of his job was done, and not a drop of Republican blood had been spilled. At week's end the prospects were that the extension of EPT would be voted by the House. Said one House leader: "A week ago I would have bet you 20 to 1 there wasn't a chance of extending EPT. Now, once we get it on the floor, you won't be able to stop...