Word: dog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Today he begins his day by downing a prebreakfast glass full of his favorite sake brand, "Inebriate Soul", during the rest of the day manages to down two full quarts. Vainly his wife tries to force more food on him; the only visible result is that Yokoyama's dog grows fatter. Last April when Yokoyama scalded his feet in a piping-hot Japanese bath, his first question to the doctor was: "It's all right to keep drinking...
...Ralph." Next came the tough celestial navigation tests, a dog-legged, 891-mile course from Butte to the Hoover Dam. Only the stars could be used to fix position. At least five minutes ahead of time, the observer was required to announce his estimated time of arrival at Hoover Dam. Joe Holguin's E.T.A. was 10:57:54. When the 54th second of the 57th minute ticked past, the City of Merced was two miles from Hoover...
...home, picking entries for the weekend mutuel football (soccer) pools. Half the adult population in the isles bets, and individuals wager an average of 60? a week. Last year the gambling outlay amounted to 81,540,000,000. The favorites: $980 million on horse racing, $336 million on dog racing, and $207 million on football pools...
...office building in London's bustling Piccadilly Circus. As the 1955-56 professional football got under way he looked to another busy year of booking bets. He expects to handle $16,-800,000 in soccer bets, $51,800,000 more in horse-racing wagers, $9,800,000 on dog races-a total for the year of $78,400,000. On this, Hill's take is 25% on soccer, i% on racing bets at the track, and 6% away from the track, a total of $7,102,000. His overhead is high (20% on football bets), and he keeps...
...Vegas pleasure dome next week. In Rome, meanwhile, one of Frankie's most voluptuous girl friends tolled a bell for him. Asked if romance had bloomed between her and Sinatra, touring Swedish Cinemactress Anita Ekberg cuddled her puny poodle and cooed coolly: "My only love is my dog...