Word: followers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hume believes civil war--an outright bloodbath--could very well follow such a withdrawal...
...true that the votes of the socially disadvantaged, the poor and the uneducated placed this man in office, then it must follow that there are more of these people in the supposedly well-off U.S. than there are of the secure, rich and educated followers of Ford...
...bets are already being wagered on sports nationally?$1.5 billion in New York City alone, much of it on football?without stirring grave suspicions of foul play. Top officials of organized basketball, baseball and hockey also vociferously oppose legalized betting on their sports though this nonetheless seems likely to follow across the nation. The more deeply held moral objection to sports betting stems from the fear that the states may get into wagering on college or other amateur sports, where the temptation to rig games could be stronger and easier to fulfill...
...gamblers at G.A. meetings come from a variety of social and economic backgrounds. Says Dr. Robert L. Custer, a psychiatrist with the Veterans Administration in Washington and an expert on gambling, alcohol and drug abuse: "The compulsive gamblers don't follow any pattern. The only similarity is the addiction." Custer has termed compulsive gambling a "progressive behavior disorder," and points out that whereas the casual gambler goes to the track or casino with friends, the compulsive one usually goes alone...
...cost and profit-and-sales data and said the market appears to be no stronger than last summer. COWPS, however, has no power to do anything except complain-and perhaps pass the buck to President-elect Jimmy Carter, who is committed to trying to get industry and labor to follow voluntary wage-price guidelines...