Word: wagered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...analyzing his data after completing this work as part of an experiment on the utility of money. In contrast with the Harvard men tested, the National Guard personnel in the experiment were willing to wager even when the odds were not giving them a fair return...
Close Race. He told the descendants of slaves in the country parishes that P.N.P. socialism would mean a return to slavery. He dared P.N.P. leader Manley to a ?5,000 bet on the election outcome. Manley haughtily brushed off the wager as "racecourse conduct" but the flamboyant challenge helped spread the word that Busta himself had not given up hope. In the last stage of the campaign, he made a dashing foray into Kingston. "The P.N.P. say I have run away," he cried. "Here...