Word: gambler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Goldsmith's eye for the future fascinated Senior Writer Otto Friedrich, who wrote this week's Profile. Says he: "Goldsmith is an extraordinary gambler who knows when to hold them and when to fold them. He also has a lot of luck. All great generals and politicians have that kind of luck...
Into this slightly sleazy scene come Salvation Army Sergeant Sarah Brown (Sarah Beatty) determined to rescue the gamblers from their sinning ways, and Sky Masterson (Andrew Gardner), a gambler who bets as high as his name. As a result of a wager, this disparate pair finds itself flying to Cuba. Of course, they end up falling in love, and all sorts of plot tangles and twists follow. Despite his reputation, Sky turns out to be more a gentleman than a gambler, and he stakes his fortune to save Sarah's mission...
...past decade, Lisbon and Peking have agreed that Macao, the tiny Portuguese colony and gambler's Mecca at the mouth of the Pearl River, would eventually return to Chinese rule. A major hitch, however, has been the & inability of the two sides to fix a date for Portugal to relinquish its administration of the 6-sq.-mi. enclave...
...were upping the ante beyond what was realistic for the two delegations. Gorbachev intended to trap the President, but then he became involved himself in the dialogue and allowed the attraction of the grand compromise to divert him from his main ambitions . . . My impression is that Gorbachev is a gambler...
...with so many other things regarded as typically American, the origins of the sandwich lie elsewhere. Already popular in ancient Roman times, it was not officially christened until the mid-18th century, when it was named in honor of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. A dedicated gambler, Montagu one day slapped a slab of meat between two slices of bread so he could eat without getting greasy fingers or being distracted by a fork and knife as he concentrated on the gaming table. This sort of convenience has delighted sandwich fans ever since. Extolling Montagu's contribution...