Word: betting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...local radio, and talking himself hoarse to voters at rallies and over the telephone. Hayes may make it again this time, but it will be close; if he fails, Leonard J. Russell (Ind.)-who got a respectable total of 9-10 "number ones" last time-seems as good a bet as any to take his place...
...Dartmouth loses to Yale and either Princeton or Cornell, Harvard can tie it for the championship. But Princeton then must lose to Yale, and Yale must lose to Penn to cause a miraculous four-way tie. It has never-happened before. It would be a mistake to bet on it happening this fall...
...hopeless task?the Saigon regime will not be able to stand on its own for many years to come, if ever. Certainly it will not do so while it can rely on the American presence to prop it up. "Vietnamization" is a sham, .or at least so poor a bet that it does not justify the continued war effort...
...chip markets and drive some of the small chip companies out of business. Dallas-based Frito-Lay, which claims to be the biggest chip maker in the U.S. and uses Comic Buddy Hackett to munch chips on TV commercials, sides with the institute. But Frito-Lay is hedging its bet by test-marketing Munchos, a potato snack that it carefully labels "potato crisps." Francis X. Rice, president of the institute, concedes that "synthetic" chips do have advantages. Pringle's, for example, have a longer shelf life and are not nearly so fragile as potato chips because they are uniformly...
Many have secured me for my recent failures and I would like to acknowledge if not gratefully notes from Steve Shalen 71 and Bob Kamilli A 1969 graduate of Rutgers, who wished to rub salt into open wounds. One fellow offered to bet me on any picks this week but I told him he must be kidding. I predict a perfect percentage today...