Word: diced
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Knowland's loaded dice definition of co-existence is accepted, then the only solution is to agree with his argument that the United States must attack the Soviet homeland at the slightest provocation. But his reasoning is little short of "preventive war" enthusiasm and would threaten the U.S. with a total conflict involving no real winners. It is the very danger of hydrogen warfare that prompted Eisenhower to affirm that outside of co-existence "there is no alternative to peace." The fallacy of Knowland's charge that co-existence will mean ultimate Soviet victory is best shown by returning...
...Washington and went to the nearby Dunes Club to gamble. "He had quite a few drinks" and lost heavily, Johnson said. At dawn they returned to Johnson's home but were followed by the Dunes Club operators, who demanded $3,000 to cover Powell's losses at dice. Johnson related that he gave Powell money to pay off the gamblers...
...dice cubes and other "visual" formations are also planned, according to undergraduate manager Alan S. Nevick...
...time, he ran a one-man tax consultant service and drummed up ads for the Harvard Lampoon. Shipped to the Pacific before finishing Harvard, he came out of the war a radioman third class and crapshooter first class. He graduated from Boston University, then used $1,400 of Navy dice winnings to start an ad-sales office...
...bedroom door and announce: "I'm up!" Runyon's education of his son consisted in handing down first principles of conduct, e.g., "Never give a sucker an even break," "All horse players die broke," "How to live with women: Don't." On turning away from the dice table at Saratoga, where he had dropped $10,000 in one month, he warned: "Don't gamble...