Word: gambler
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None of this would be possible without Bacon's mastery of the physical side of painting. Much has been made of his reliance on chance, but it seems to have affected his life (he is an inveterate gambler, an addict of the green baize) more than his art. One could say the ejaculatory blurt of white paint in a painting like Two Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer, 1968, is chancy, but that kind of chance is easily manipulated with practice, and it rhymes suspiciously well with other curves in the painting (like the back of the chair...
Among those indicted were Curtis Strong, who catered food for the Philadelphia Phillies earlier this season, and Jeffrey Mosco, a bartender at a Pittsburgh pub frequented by athletes. Dale Shiffman, whom the FBI described as a gambler in Pittsburgh, was charged with 111 counts of cocaine distribution, more than any other defendant. Ueberroth, who has ordered all employees of the major leagues other than players to submit to drug- screening tests, hopes to persuade the players to take the tests as well. One additional concern: an athlete with an expensive illegal habit might be pressured to fix games...
...Ryno agreed to cooperate with the Government's investigation and was given immunity. Meanwhile the SEC is pursuing a civil case against two others allegedly involved in the scheme: William Mathis, the former New York Jets running back who is now an Atlanta stockbroker, and Malcolm Davis, a convicted gambler...
...sequel does not depend on a familiarity with its predecessor, but such knowledge can hardly hurt. It is helpful, for instance, to understand that Piers Aubrey, who has deserted his wife and four children shortly before This Real Night opens, was not simply "a gambler" as he is subsequently described, but a crusading newspaper editor with a penchant for ruinous plunges in the stock market. Members of his family mourn the disappearance of a good man and suffer at the realization that his reason for departing was accurate: they are better off financially without...
...Ever the gambler, Edwards had offered any takers 8 to 5 that he would not be indicted. To cover his bet, he also offered 2-to-1 odds that if indicted, he would not be convicted. He greeted the indictments philosophically: "I don't cry, I don't sigh; this will be over with by and by." He has hired former Watergate Prosecutor James Neal as his defense attorney. "You're not ever going to see a fight like this," he vows. "There is no way that any evidence can be produced to sustain or substantiate the tortuous allegations made...