Word: throughness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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* Machine betting through a general pool in which the odds are determined by the amount bet on each horse-after 3% to 10% has been deducted for the owners of the track and 3 % to 4% for the State.
Through a grey drizzle, the shivering crowd watched Johnstown take the lead, just as expected. Down the backstretch he kept in front. But it was no runaway, like the Derby. Gilded Knight was on his heels, stride for stride. Coming into the homestretch, Challedon, who had been trailing the leaders...
In New York, where there are five race tracks, betting on horse races has been illegal since 1908, but bookmakers for the past five years have been permitted to operate at the tracks through a loophole in the law. Although most New York racing fans consider pari-mutuels* (which have...
Some 75% of U. S. citizens, through poverty, fear or ignorance, have never felt the pang of a dentist's drill. In large cities, crowded WPA clinics work overtime, but contribute only a drop in the bucket. In spite of numerous free school clinics, over 95% of U. S...
Several years ago, they had a hunch that the immature hearts and blood vessels of epileptics did not supply enough oxygen to their brains. Hence the convulsions. This theory fitted in with the general fact that many epileptics do not have any brain abnormalities which might be considered responsible for...