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Credit card companies in particular have latched on to the student market, with the knowledge that they could be creating lifelong customers. ASL documents filed with the SEC show that credit-card companies represent the bulk of the list-maker's business...
Lists that segment people into clearly-defined categories are particularly valuable to direct marketers, which can tailor their sales pitch to a particular demographic and therefore increase the likelihood of making a sale...
...American-ness" of public figures, yellowface can generate the quick laugh. It was the route chosen by the National Review in 1997 when it lampooned the Clintons and Al Gore on its cover during the campaign-finance "Asian money" scandals. The Wen Ho Lee case reminds Chinese Americans in particular of the extraterritoriality imposed on "compound citizens." Everyone has a story, no matter how lofty the post...
Nevada gives, that's what. In particular, the gaming industry gives to Congress--and gives and gives, in the form of contributions to both political parties totaling more than $16 million over the past six years. That's four times as much money as the gaming industry sent to Washington in the previous six years. And it's enough, apparently, to persuade congressional leaders to band together to stop (so far) a proposed bill that would end the Nevada exemption from even reaching the floor of either the House or the Senate. If there is an object lesson here...
None of that's surprising, given the mixed message that Congress sends to student athletes; gambling on college sports is a federal crime in 49 states, but it's legal in Nevada. "People in general, college students in particular, have the belief that betting on college athletics is O.K. because it's legal in Nevada," said Lou Holtz, the former Notre Dame football coach now at the University of South Carolina, when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee in June. "We will do a great disservice to the youth of this country if we do not take action...