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...direct violation, the NCAA membership would have to submit a proposal to the Association itself. Osburn said the NCAA objects to bracket contests with fees or prizes because they promote gambling. The NCAA has launched an anti-gambling campaign under the slogan “Don’t Bet On It.” It sponsors a Web site under the same name that is an interactive online resource for student athletes and staff. According to Osburn, wagering is defined as “putting something at risk with the opportunity to win something in return” whether...
Everyone knows the hellish aphorism about "good intentions." Even with that in mind, however, few people doubt that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh are sincerely trying to hammer out a new Palestinian unity government. Even Yuval Diskin, head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service, told reporters at a briefing last week that he believes the two men want to make this work. Moreover, Abbas, who represents the Fatah faction of the Palestinian movement, and Haniyeh, who represents the radical Hamas party, seem genuine in their desire to stop the violence that has plagued Palestinian streets, particularly...
...also on demand and supply. Equally ominous, equity valuations remain decidedly unattractive in most markets, especially in places like Latin America, Russia, India and China, which had risen almost relentlessly in recent months. Most equity markets shot up with so little volatility that speculators were encouraged to borrow and bet with ever greater abandon. Now, with confidence shaken by the belated realization that risk is not dead after all, they will be less inclined to ignore the reality that the global economy and corporate profit growth are likely to be far more disappointing than their giddy optimism led them...
...They wanted to settle a bet about the release date of the fourth Indiana Jones movie...
...need to score political points fast, calling for personal sacrifice is a pretty sure bet. Sacrifice is, after all, the stated theme of President Bush’s new plan for the Iraq war, one that calls for the deployment of more than 20,000 additional soldiers in a last-ditch effort to stabilize the region. Such rhetorical packaging comes at a time when President Kennedy’s mandate to “ask not what your country can do for you” carries a particularly persuasive ring, harkening us back to an era in which national struggles...