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...they" are is not stated-perhaps it does not need to be -but the truth is that the casinos do look as if they would be happier in the deserts of Nevada. The architects have all but ignored both the Boardwalk and the ocean in their designs, and one could live for days in most of the casinos and think that the only water around was that coming out of the bathroom faucet. Those waves on the other side of the beach are clearly irrelevant to the casino owners, and they seem to be wishing for someone like Rosie...
...some $5 billion worth of air weaponry, including five highly sophisticated Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, to Saudi Arabia last April, there was little doubt that opposition might be strong enough in Congress to veto the deal. Republican Senators Howard Baker of Tennessee and Paul Laxalt of Nevada advised the President to delay official notification of his intent to make the sale until he had enough votes lined up to support the package. Reagan waited, and last week sent that notification to Congress...
...charges that could have won each six months in the slammer and a $500 fine. The folks at Caesars Tahoe casino in Lake Tahoe, Nev., decided to lend the boys a hand. A bus stocked with food and drink and staffed by a cocktail waitress brought them to the Nevada casino, where they were handed a few bucks each to play their game-without interruption. The biggest winner came away with a pot of $5, but Lady Luck smiled on all seven that day: back in Contra Costa, the district attorney folded and dropped the charges against the cardsharps...
...turbine technology for "low head" dams. The new turbines produce electricity by having water flow horizontally, under modest pressure, against the blades of the turbine. The machines look something like submarines sitting on the bed of the river. Traditional hydroelectric dams like the Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border must be hundreds of feet tall so that the water can fall from great height and with huge force and speed against the turbines. Although low-head dams are widely used in Europe, relatively few of those in the U.S. generate electricity...
...President also faces decisions about other future U.S. defense systems, such as the MX missile and the advanced strategic bomber. Because opposition to a land-based MX system remains strong among officials in Utah and Nevada, where it would be located, an alternative scheme to place the missiles on air-transport planes remains very much alive. Reagan is scheduled to make an announcement on MX basing soon after his Sept. 3 return to Washington...