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While the spread varied with each game, one factor was constant--the pivotal role Nevada played in executing the scheme. After Pendergast raised money in Chicago, he wired it to Irving in Reno. For the Penn State game, Irving bet $4,400 with the sports book at the Reno Hilton. When Penn State, a 14-point favorite, won by 30 points, Irving collected the group's winnings and wired an initial $6,000 payment to Pendergast, who gave Lee $4,000 in cash as his share...
...credit is hugely popular in Silicon Valley and among biotechnology and large pharmaceuticals companies. R. and D. is their lifeblood. Such companies depend on a constant flow of new drugs and gadgets. But is it right that they slough off onto taxpayers part of their R.-and-D. tab? It seems a difficult argument to support, given how much money is to be made once a new drug or technology reaches the marketplace...
...Coen Brothers' upcoming film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is one of these musicals in disguise. The characters - even the one played by George Clooney - break out into folk, country and bluegrass standards like "Man of Constant Sorrow" that are strung throughout the movie. Set in Depression-era Mississippi, the movie even has a scene which features marching Klansmen and a singing Klan leader. Actually, I could have done without that sequence. The only thing creepier than a singing Klan leader is... well, let me get back to you on that after I see the re-released, uncut version...
...Schulman's revival of this classic musical was widely praised in the mainstream press. USA Today, Time Magazine, and Newsweek positively bubbled over with appreciation for 'a good, old-fashioned crowd-pleaser.' In fact, the production has many things working in its favor. Although he seems engaged in a constant struggle not to mimic Robert Preston's performance in the original production and the film, Craig Bierko is a reasonably charismatic leading man. What his renditions of the classic songs 'Trouble' and '76 Trombones' lack in depth character, they more than make up for in energy. Rebecca Luker delivers...
With the eventual proliferation of similar e-democracy sites and the constant expansion of the Internet, Morris said, legislators will be all but removed from the process of making laws--reduced to rubber stamps on popular opinion...