NOTEBOOK: ODDSMAKER: DOUBLE DOWN ON RECALL BID.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Odds are California voters will recall Gov. Gray Davis, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. oddsmaker odds·mak·er n. One who calculates and sets betting odds based on the prediction of the result of a contest such as a horserace or an election. who makes Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] a slim favorite to win the election. The oddsmaker America's Line made it a 2-7 sure thing that Davis will be recalled and pegged the Republican Schwarzenegger as a 7-5 pick to be the state's next governor. Benjamin Eckstein, America's Line president, said Schwarzenegger's advantage over Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, an 8-5 favorite, is paper thin. Republican former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth Peter Victor Ueberroth (born September 2, 1937 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American executive. He served as the 6th commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1989, and is currently head of the United States Olympic Committee. is 12-1 and businessman Bill Simon is 20-1. The odds were set for entertainment value only. Nevada's sports books aren't allowed to accept wagers on elections. Simon says Bill Simon's remarks that a new University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). campus in the Central Valley city of Merced is an example of wasteful spending drew a sharp rebuke from Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, who is a university supporter. ``He's showing terrible political judgment and that's probably why he didn't win the first time,'' said Cardoza. ``Even my children usually learn from their mistakes.'' On the trail At a campaign stop Friday in Huntington Beach, Arnold Schwarzenegger was mobbed by shrieking girls in bikini tops and teens in flip-flops. In a reception most politicians could never hope to see, a crowd waited in the hot sun until he showed up an hour late, and lined the street two or three deep for several blocks to see him. |
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