Word: betting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bet he sets up the pitcher," said manager Tommy Holmes. "Notice how many times Coop goes to the plate and lets the first pitch go by as if it had never been thrown? That's part of his strategy. Later in the game the pitcher will throw the first one in there thinking he'll let it go and wham...
Dungaroes may do fine for a game of baseball on the quad or campus, but Bermuda shorts are the best bet for a picnic or early season beach party...
Mill is required reading in many Harvard courses; hundreds of freshmen each year read him for Government and Social Science assignments. Yet despite all his pointed references to the evils of conformity, it's a safe bet that men's fashions at Harvard this spring will feature chino pants and light cord jackets; orange and white sport shirts will be seen but seldom. Carefully shutting his cars to the council of one of the world's great social thinkers, the Harvard undergraduate will go on conforming just as he always...
Concentration in Social Relations is a good bet for the man who wants to spend his college career in the social sciences, find out more about himself and others, or get a good general education. The latter might find the department a bit stiffer than it was a few years ago, but Soc. Rel.'s liberal concentration requirements give the student a good chance to shop around for courses in many other fields...
Insomniac or not, Berlin is undeniably one of the most restless men in the U.S. not locked up in an institution. Joe Schenck once bet him $50 that he couldn't sit in the same chair for five minutes. Before the second minute had elapsed, Berlin was swiftly pacing the floor...