Word: betting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political victory of sorts for Ford. Congress rejected two presidential plans for a more gradual lifting of the price lid, partly because some Democrats convinced themselves that Ford would not dare to end the controls altogether. In doing so, the President is making a calculated economic and political bet. If it wins, the U.S. will take a long step toward energy self-sufficiency at a relatively low cost. If it fails and big increases fan rapid inflation, the recovery that gained momentum in July could well falter-just as the 1976 elections draw near...
...good chance" may seem a very modest resurrection for so much suffering. Like the old Armenians, Arlen is making another wager: on stoicism as the proper response to despair. It is both an honorable bet and a long shot - the only arguable portion of a unique and grieving book...
Maybe a little Faith got lost when we began dropping over 200,000 tons of bombs on rice farmers in North Vietnam back in 1965. I bet some Faith was missing after we obliterated Laos, destroyed Cambodia and then created and colonized South Vietnam, all in just three presidential elections. It was good for employment, but it must have been hard on Faith...
After Richard Fitzsimmons' car was blown up, Hoffa told WWJ-TV in Detroit that no one in the local had had anything to do with the incident. "I'll bet my life on it," he declared. It was a chilling remark. Last week, while Local 299 posted a $25,000 reward for information leading to his return, the family of Jimmy Hoffa waited to see if he had lost his bet...
...surviving without the benefit of the book's wisdom. It's also hard to convince anyone even now that Harvard is just a regular old place, though things may have gotten to a point where it's no longer anything to break engagements over. But it's a safe bet that the Summer School continues to affect people the way it affected them in The Pedagogues, and that reading the book would only teach you that real life unfortunately isn't as simple as light turn-of-the-century novels...