Word: betting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that he would reach a decision by March 1. But with no action on the Lebanese withdrawal talks, that statement is likely to be delayed. Says an Administration official: "Hussein set that March 1 date when it looked like the Lebanon talks were moving. Now I'll bet he wishes he had said April 1, or May 1, or God knows when." Nonetheless, Hussein is known to be deeply worried about the rapid pace of Israeli colonization of the West Bank. He may yet decide that he must make a move without waiting for explicit P.L.O. backing...
...bet that neither Greek pan pipes nor Elizabethan sack buts could ever carry a really good Broadway tune. Richard Rodgers' score is overflowing with delightful melodies that are by turn jaunty and sweet. Harnessed to Lorenz Hart' witty and graceful lyrics, they pull the show along at an exhilarating clip, and in between numbers, George Abbott's book provides just the right mix of Shakespearean vaudeville and vaudevillian Shakespeare. Large chunks of iambic pentameter are carelessly tossed across the stage, only to be nimbly undercut by an outrageously topical reference or a wonderfully bad pun. And since its 1938 world...
Should the present continue to be implemented, it's a reasonable bet that a fair number of the approximately 400 students who will be forced to live off-campus will end up living in Harvard-owned rental property--a fact that has presumably not escaped the notice of the University Coupled with the additional expense of living off-campus is the inconvenience of travelling back and forth to the College While it may be argued that residents of the Quad Houses face similar difficulties, most non-resident students do not have a shuttle bus to terry them to and from...
...eroding vision of football magazines as pillars of pure fun and games blurs completely when their advertising is examined. Only a few magazines carry entire sections on gambling, although The Professor's edition even carries a page of where-to-bet recommendations. (Harrah's Sports Book on "Highway 50 at Stateline, Nevada" receives high marks.) But nearly all the journals have reams of ads for gambling advice...
...nostalgia must have promoted the film industry to dust off this relic--though a cynic might posit that this early film by now-recognizable stars might be a safe box-office bet. Although the movie reveals the then-burgeoning talents of co-director DePalma (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out), actress Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman), and Robert DeNiro (The Godfather, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull), the film doesn't warrant renewed interest as if it were a resurrected unified piece of art. The public forgot it easily enough in 1969, and--not so strangely--it's as unremarkable...