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...POTUS came to the most prestigious school in all of Cambridge instead, we would have shown him a good time -- and probably wouldn't have handed him a copy of the periodic table the size of a business card. Plus, Al Gore's visit last year is testament to the fact that Green is the new Crimson...
...went to OCS sophomore year because I wanted to apply for an internship in D.C. A guy spent seven minutes with me, and he basically said, ‘You’re too young for any of the jobs,’ and handed me a business card,” she said. “I ended up getting the internship I wanted...
...Vegas, an empire of gilded beauty. It’s a promise that has woven dramatic fantasies out of twinges of desire, and mind-numbing addictions out of vague curiosity. Do not doubt the mythological power of the instant win. The mere concept has been enough to provoke amateur card players into dreaming of the potentials and the possibilities, the becomings and the will-bes. No thinking, all intuition. No work, all play. This is the beauty of luck...
...that luck will constantly provide an edge. More than three-quarters of all poker players are losing players (“There are a lot of people playing,” Darkhawk says. “A lot are bad”). In 2007, gambling industries—including card rooms, commercial casinos, and lotteries—grossed revenues of $92.3 billion. In other words, the streets of Vegas are paved with our losses...
...ease with which it can happen, that draws legions to the game. But many experienced poker players chafe at the use of the term “gambling,” wincing as soon it’s mentioned and politely interrupting to clarify the distinction between gambling and card playing—well, at least their form of play...