Word: bet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Even those who had made strikes would not necessarily turn them into profits; they still had the problem of operating the well and marketing the oil. As one California oilman put it: "I can give you an oil well which is actually producing a good amount of oil, and bet you'll go broke if you don't know what you're doing. The stars . . . don't know enough about the business...
...Bet Your Life (Wed. 9 p.m., CBS). Groucho Marx returns...
Eleven is an ideal time for class, between breakfast and lunch, cramping neither. Gucrard, with a reputation of being an excellent but demanding lecturer, is giving Comp. Lit. 166, a half course in the "Forms of the Modern Novel." It could be a very good bet (Emerson D). Nock's History of Religions 101 is highly entertaining. Good to listen in on occasionally (Harvard 5). Kenneth Conant's Fine Arts 179, "American Architecture." is non-technical, not difficult, and excellent to audit. Slides and aucedotes (Fogg Large Room...
...Detroit, City Treasurer Albert E. Cobo finished handily ahead of ten other candidates in the city's nonpartisan mayoralty primary, seemed a sure bet for election in November. An ex-salesman for the Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Cobo was called in to straighten out the city's rickety finances in 1933, for the past 16 years has been quietly building up a loyal following among Detroit's foreign-born groups. The runner-up, and Cobo's November rival: Harvard-trained Council President George Edwards, 35, a onetime organizer for the C.I.O.'s Auto Workers. Edwards...
...government without government interference. To win that freedom, along with the necessary government contract, he risked a heavy loss by accepting a penalty clause. If the Comet was not completed on time and did not perform as specified, he would have to pay the cost himself. He won the bet. He reckons that his Comet can cut the New York-to-London run to six hours, make the round-trip possible in one day. As a result of such enterprise, Sir Geoffrey last week was getting a big share of Britain's aircraft export orders (?18.5 million...