Word: credited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...important that we give credit to the clerical workers," said Bozzotto. "We got the ripple effect of what they accomplished...
...interviews with Rose's associates: bets on ten to 20 college basketball games at a time, losses of $400,000 to just one bookie in one spring, desperate borrowing to pay the debts, equally desperate searches for new bookmakers to replace those who would no longer extend Rose credit or even take his bets...
Some experts credit modern technology with contributing to the gambling surge. Computers have made possible the instantaneous distribution of odds on any kind of race or ball game anywhere in the country; bettors can watch the performance of the horses or teams they follow on cable television. Lotteries sell tickets through player-activated computer terminals; churches and charities offer computerized bingo readers. "The new technology makes gambling much more accessible, and it speeds everything up," says Richard Rosenthal, a Beverly Hills psychoanalyst who specializes in treating compulsive gamblers. "It makes gambling much more addictive...
...CREDIT: TIME Chart...
...sure, and cast greedy eyes on credit cards, care packages and family visits that might help me make the transition from Dallas to the East more smoothly. But, despite my anticipated (and realistic) longings for the creature comforts of home, a look back at first year convinces me that both my parents and old Polonius knew what they were talking about. As a veteran of roommate wars over the surreptitiously borrowed and later stained white shirt or formal dress, I will be the first to say that borrowing and lending can have their disadvantages...