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...full of crap as I am." When hecklers mustered the temerity to shout "Publicity hound!" at him, Mailer managed to pronounce flawlessly his all-purpose noun, verb and expletive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A SHAKY START | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...fair shake. Then abruptly last week Nevada's gambling industry found its image marked with two black eyes; the state Gaming Control Board closed the big Lake Tahoe Hotel Casino after detecting crooked dice-the second casino in a month to be shut down for running a rigged crap game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Crooked Shake | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...seat by the simple expedient of running a Negro. Clearly, the party, if not the man, still has considerable power. "The Bahamians need us," said a smug Bahamian Club croupier. "Tourism couldn't survive without us. Why, the beaches ain't as big as these crap tables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bahamas: Consultant's Paradise Lost | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

...compulsive gambler that thinks he can beat the house gambling devices layouts. Then, you have a professional gambler that makes a living from gambling in a systematic way. A pro gambler before he lays his money down, he studies the percentage against his chances of winning, especially at the crap table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 4, 1967 | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

...fresh with a waitress-and the upshot was two days of violence. What began as a dispute between Negroes ended in damage to 14 shops, a few of which were white-owned; it also brought injuries to 14 of both races. Police in Erie, Pa., broke up a sidewalk crap game among Negro youths-and the result was two days of stonings and stickwork. Officials in Cincinnati, Tampa and Buffalo, where ghetto dwellers rampaged earlier this summer, nervously sought ways to avert fresh flare-ups. Racial disturbances also occurred in Plainfield, N.J., Laurel, Md., Kansas City, Mo., and Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: Sparks & Tinder | 7/21/1967 | See Source »

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