Word: betting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McGovern, asking for the same support that won him Massachusetis in his losing 1972 presidential bid, told the crowd to "look into your hearts and vote your conscience. Your vote is not a two-dollar bet on a horse race. The real issue is the arms race versus the human race...
...American. C. Edward Acker, 54, once the risk-taking boss of Air Florida, was so convinced that he could turn around Pan American World Airways that he made a daring bet. If the airline failed to make money on its 1983 operations, Acker would forgo his chairman's salary of $475,000. Acker won his bet. Pan Am had a slim operating profit of $52.4 million last year, vs. a loss of $314.5 million in 1982. Predicts Acker: "We will continue to improve service by every means possible. We are going to move forward with even stronger results...
...biggest and most cosmopolitan of the southern states also figures to be Hart's best bet. Hart supporters and some observers say the Coloradan will pick up about 75 percent of delegates supporting former Florida Gov. Reubin O. Askew, though one Mondale organizer there calls that figure "bullshit." Askew's former campaign manager has also moved into Hart's camp. Hart should also profit from the lack of any real organized labor in the state, says John Harwood, political reporter for the St. Petersburg Times. Harwood calls Florida "really a bunch of city states, a state that's really fragmented...
...John Travolta is making lots of green Oh. How did he get beyond Barbarino? He deserves, for all his "Stayin' Alive"s A pat on the head. With a couple sharp knives. You can bet that that would please the next zany. OH! Man Smiles: Ayatollah Khomeini. (Think they read The Crimson in Iran?) A Prettier face is Princess Diana...
...friendly confines of its own arena. Harvard looks to be a good bet tonight. The Brains are playing out a frustrating season (most 5-14-1 commerence capaigns are frustrating aren't they...