Word: betting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marchais's speech, L 'Humanité insisted that the address proved that "serious, interesting and positive discussion is unfolding within our party." Marchais himself, when he first heard the rumblings within his ranks, magnanimously announced that "no heads would roll" because of it. That seems a safe bet in his own case, since no one expects any changes in the rigid party leadership any time soon. But if the party continues to learn nothing and forget nothing about the changing shape of France's ever more middle class electorate, it could well slip a few more points...
Culver is a member of the Armed Services Committee and recently returned from a trip to Europe to study NATO. (If I didn't include this item my roommate, who will work for Culver this summer and who is bigger than me, would have killed me. I'll bet you didn't realize how dangerous journalism...
...Personally, I don't think tenure is good for the whole world, but I'm an establishment type and I think academe should have a series of elders. Tribes end up announcing someone as an elder, and I'll bet in some jungle place everybody is saying, 'That guy doesn't remember what he's talking about--how the hell can he run this tribe...
...mound matchups look to be Penn's Bruce Ballard vs. Steve Baloff (3-0) in the first game, and Leonard vs. either Timmy Clifford (2-0) or lefty Paul McOsker (1-1) in the wrap-up. The bet is that Clifford will get the start because of his inspiring six-hit shutout of Northeastern on Tuesday and due to Penn's largely righty line...
...29th of April, I'm planning to run a 10,000-meter race in Central Park. I have a ten-dollar bet with my doctor on whether or not I'll finish," Wicklund says. The septuagenarian also plans to run in October's New York City Marathon and finish in under four hours...