Word: betting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...children's rooms ought to yield dog- eared copies of Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. The Essays and Letters are both within easy reach of the overstuffed armchair in front of the fireplace. For A Subtreasury of American Humor, the best bet is probably the bedside table in the guest room, where Aunt Mary left it a month or so ago. E.B. White's death last week, at 86, was cause for sadness in many spots in millions of homes...
Originally Butler and Laffey had envisioned organizaing a huge date match system for the entire University, including the College, graduate and professional schools. But, the traditional fascination between Wellesley and HBS was a safer bet...
Since then, the Hanoverians have posted a 0-19-1 mark outside of the Ivy League. You can bet that if Joe Yukica cared about anything beyond the Ancient Eight title, the Green wouldn't be going for lucky number...
...better bet is NBC's 227. Marla Gibbs, the wisecracking maid on The Jeffersons, plays Mary Jenkins, a housewife who spends her days sitting on the front stoop of her inner-city apartment house, gabbing about the things real people talk about, like when the garbage will be picked up and why the landlord is such a grouch. Gibbs' hangdog cynicism is funny, and the writers have a good ear for dialogue. In one scene Mary's 14-year-old daughter tries to sweet-talk Mom into letting her and a friend go to the movies. Mary figures...
...initial big bet of the pro football season--giving two on the Redskins--bruised my ego as the Cowboys took a 44-7 thriller and KO'd my NOW account...