Word: playe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...above board as Chrysanthemum Champ Jim Jackson preened his finest blossoms for the local flower show. Macclesfield's wise money was all on the old champ's posies to cop the prizes, and only a few flashy characters, who were strangers to the town, bothered to play the long shots opposing Jim. Then, a day or so before the show, someone broke into the Jackson hothouse and poisoned his six best blooms...
Dreamed up by the managers of the local race track, five-and-six has become a national obsession in Venezuela. More than 1,500,000 bolivars ($450,000) are wagered every week. To play five-and-six, the hopeful buy forms at four bolivars each, fill in the names of the six horses they select to win in the six races held every Saturday at the Hipôdromo, and wait for the miracle to strike. If the six horses win, the successful picker may get or share with other winners as much as 400,000 bolivars; if five...
Last week, four Cabinet ministers met with race-track managers to discuss Government regulation of five-and-six. The managers took the first play, said that they planned to contribute enough to the Public Welfare Board to make up for the National Lottery deficit. That left the next move to the Government...
...Katz was even confident about his own case. Said he: "Insulin is only good on a diabetic for 25 years, and then comes the danger of gangrene. I have seven years to go." To play safe, Dr. Katz has already started using ether injections himself...
...Columbus, Ohio, last week, in the weirdest football game of the year, the score was Northwestern 6, Ohio State 0 when the game-ending gun was fired. The bands began marching onto the field, and were waved back by the referee: Northwestern had been offside on the last play. Given a little borrowed time, opportunist Ohio State threw a desperation pass, and completed it for a touchdown. Ohio State had only to make the try-for-point to win. The kick was blocked...