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...Mighty fine likker," allowed one Senator tentatively. After rolling it over on his tongue he added: "But there's something in that barrel that gives it a slight metallic taste." The other Senator took a dipperful, disagreed. "It's a slight leathery taste," he said. Laying a wager as to which was right, they kept dipping until the barrel was empty, then turned it over to see what was in it. Out dropped a leather-headed tack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIQUOR: The Old Oaken Barrel | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

What graduates feel that way, Mr. Pond? Not I, certainly, nor a good many other Harvard graduates, I'll wager. You give me the answer in the next sentence--"the conservative element...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pond-James Exchange | 1/29/1949 | See Source »

...wager came close to costing Robinson Brainard '48 his life Thursday, when he sank to the bottom of the Blockhouse swimming pool after swimming three lengths under water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Sinks to Pool Floor After Underwater Swim | 5/22/1948 | See Source »

...rule one has small opportunity to criticize TIME, but I will wager that many a photographer the country over wept when he saw the group picture of your writers in the Anniversary issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 29, 1948 | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

...last week, he expelled a New York Ranger hockey player-Billy ("The Kid") Taylor-from professional hockey for life. The charge: making a wager on a hockey game, which is an infraction of the rules. Campbell also suspended a Boston Bruins player-Don Gallinger-for associating with people like Parole Violator Jimmy Tamer, who wouldn't be mowing his lawn again for some time to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hockey's Dirty Linen | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

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