Word: poker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...right, who owes his title to skillful bull riding and a botched grocery-store robbery; and Terry Hawkins, a former butcher-shop employee who killed his supervisor with a hammer and went on to win this year's "Guts & Glory," an event in which contestants try to remove a poker chip taped to the forehead of an angry bull...
...there was Senator Al D'Amato, who is hotly pursuing Whitewater. According to the New York Times, weekly poker games in D'Amato's office once provided regular occasions for lobbyists to rub elbows with the New Yorker, who now heads the Banking Committee and the steering committee for Bob Dole's presidential campaign. While nobody admitted losing on purpose--a ploy that would have let D'Amato pocket as much as $300 a hand--the Senator's poker buddies represented clients who just happened to have business before the banking panel. D'Amato's office said the games ended...
...Although the Senate Finance Committee unveiled a proposal for the full tax cut last Friday, Gingrich knows as well as Dole that it is unlikely to survive negotiations with the White House. What Gingrich couldn't believe was that Dole would show his cards in the middle of the poker game, thus panicking freshman Republican lawmakers and corporate interest groups...
...Budget cannot be balanced over an extended period of time in the absence of a trade surplus. Now I am making the following challenge to all economists and proponents of a balanced budget: $200,000 to the first person who explains why the article "Analyzing the Economy with Poker" is incorrect in a broad sense. This article, which is available without charge by calling 800-666-3903 or writing to Box 7634, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, explains that a) there are essentially three types of wealth: real assets, stocks, and net non-stock financial assets. Focusing on net non-stock...
...Pine Ridge reservation is what Slade Gorton would like to believe is a symbol of hope and self-sufficiency. It is Prairie Wind, the Oglala Sioux's venture into Indian gambling. Housed temporarily in two connected double-wide trailers, it consists of several slot machines and two tables for poker and blackjack. The casino's revenues in its 10 months of existence have run from $13,000 to $92,000 a month, of which 30% is earmarked for its investors. Thus far, after expenses, it has provided $10,000 for children's school clothes in each of the reservation...