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111Walter Wager — Walter Herman Wager (September 4, 1924 mdash;July 11, 2004) was an American novelist. A graduate of Columbia University and the Harvard Law School, he worked in public relations for ASCAP and the University of Hartford. He was best known as an… …
112Employees and Wager-Earners Association — The Employees and Wager Earners Association ( Associação dos Empregados e Assalariados ) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau, a former Portuguese possession. Macau is a region in which political parties don… …
113The Smokestack Wager — is a Dogme 95 film shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 2004. Staring a group of unknown actors, including Jonathan Wilson, Melanie Dahling, Matt Donahue, Kate Schellenberg, John Perrin IV and Levon Cheater. The film follows a day in the life… …
114Henry Wager Halleck — Henry W. Halleck Henry Wager Halleck (* 16. Januar 1815 in Westernville, New York; † 9. Januar 1872 in Louisville, Kentucky) war Offizier, Gelehrter und Jurist. Er war Oberbefehlshaber (Commanding General of the United States Army) des …
115Halleck,Henry Wager — Hal·leck (hălʹĭk, ək), Henry Wager. 1815 1872. American Union general who served as general in chief (1862 1864) but was replaced by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. * * * …
116Pascal's wager — noun An argument for theism formulated by Blaise Pascale maintaining that belief in God poses less risk if God does not exist than does eternal damnation for the atheist if God does exist. | class= wikitable style= text align:left;|title= Rubric… …
117Pascal's wager — The ancient and popular (or vulgar) view that belief in God is the ‘best bet’, given its classic formulation in the Pensées of Pascal . Suppose that metaphysical argument leaves us knowing nothing about divine matters. Nevertheless, we can ask if …
118lay a wager — index bet, gamble, parlay (bet) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
119gamble, wager, bet — All three of these words may be used as verbs or nouns. Gamble is a general term meaning to play at any game of chance for stakes. Perhaps because it suggests risking something that should not be afforded, gamble has an unfavorable connotation:… …
120Pascal's wager — Practical argument for belief in God formulated by Blaise Pascal. In his Pensées (1657–58), Pascal posed the following argument to show that belief in the Christian religion is rational: If the Christian God does not exist, the agnostic loses… …
