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...reported that more Americans agreed than disagreed with the statement that homosexual relations between consenting adults should be legal. Fully 71 percent agreed with the proposition that gays should not be discriminated against in employment--the highest level in years. In the middle of Bisexual Gay Lesbian Awareness Day (BLAD) week--a period intended to raise awareness of the presence of gays and lesbians on campus--we should all be glad that America is on the road to becoming a more tolerant and just society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reason To Be Glad | 4/17/1990 | See Source »

...Steve Blad, in his Mr. Bingo tuxedo and jewelry, surveys the players from the center of the hall. "A quiet crowd," he says, his mouth twisting. "I'll get 'em riled up in a little bit." Mr. Bingo is a master at "riling up" a crowd, and has been ever since he took over a bingo parlor for the Otoe- Missouria Indian tribe near Red Rock, Okla., five years ago. At the time he was a marketing analyst with a three-piece suit and a little money to invest. A few years later, Steve took his "foolishness" to Big Cypress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Steve Blad was born in Iowa but raised from childhood in Hollywood, Fla., by "old-fashioned, God-fearin', all-American parents," he says. "I was the first member of my family to get divorced, to drink whiskey and to roll dice." He grins his lopsided grin. "You might say, I like to color outside the lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Aretha Franklin's Freeway of Love on the p.a. system and began to dance down the aisles. Steve led a conga line around the hall, stopping every so often to toss dollar bills into the air. The women shrieked and grabbed for them, and when they did, Steve Blad, 5 ft. 8 in., 250 lbs., began gyrating in a pelvic dance. His fat belly rolled, while the women began gyrating right back at him. He kept up this routine. One day they tore off his clothes. "Thank the good Lord I was wearing boxer shorts," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Vegas, Nev., city of fast weddings and quick divorces, Judge A. G. ("Gus") Blad, a part-time bartender, led a field of twelve candidates for justice of the peace. The job is worth $50,000 a year in marriage fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Sep. 20, 1948 | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

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