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Brit bookies bummed by Bob

WASHINGTON

The British bookmaker Ladbroke’s has stopped taking bets on Clinton’s re-election, saying the president has a lock, reports the Washington weekly newspaper The Hill. Not since 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson blew a hole in Barry Goldwater’s risky campaign, has that happened. Odds on Clinton’s reelection had been 1 to 10. Ladbroke’s will still give 7 to 1 odds on a Dole upsiet and 50 to 1 on Ross Perot.

Don’t give up the day job

SYRACUSE, N.Y.

At least one vice-presidential candidate isn’t betting everything on making it to Washington next year.

Muriel Tillinghast, who is Ralph Nader’s running mate on the Green Party ticket in New York, has already applied for another job - Syracuse city school superintendent.