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Word: betting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first three games for the first time since 1959 while Harvard was among the nation's leaders in total defense and quarterback Jimmy Stoeckel and split receiver Pat McInally had been keying a potent Crimson offense. So Greg placed a small wager, $200 double or nothing from a previous bet with a "friend" in Philadelphia on a sure thing-a Crimson victory...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: By Jiminy | 10/25/1974 | See Source »

...scream when they learn that you say "All people are both straight and gay if they'd let themselves be," or "The energy American men have spent trying not to express bisexuality ... would solve the power shortage." My husband George doesn't know this yet, and I bet he won't take to your interesting suggestion that one of the advantages of anal intercourse between a man and a woman is that the male partner can close his eyes and pretend that he's in bed with another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: More Tidings of Comfort and Joy | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

...before Saturday's opener, you can bet that "The Mag" will be relaxing with his father, who will attend seven of Harvard's nine games...

Author: By Joy Horowitz, | Title: McInally Vies for All-American Status | 9/27/1974 | See Source »

...years. Failing a congressional move, lottery officials will either have to avoid the mails and stop using banks for distribution of tickets, or face the fact that their unlucky number has come up. That would be a shame, because the lotteries have proved to be more than a safe bet for supporting state services and easing the taxpayer's burden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Chancy Undertakings | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...particulars asks the state to disclose the "date(s) on which the Commonwealth contends the alleged decedent named in the indictment became a human body, human being, or person." Whether the lawyers will accept Flanagan's "live-and-kicking" thesis remains to be seen, but it's a good bet that Flanagan will make his case first as the prosecutor in the Edelin man-slaughter trial, which begins probably in October and could raise the same thorny issue...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Fetal Researchers Go Under the Law | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

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