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...profit from a black market in bones and artifacts. "We are not archaeological specimens," says Mentz indignantly. Unfortunately his zeal went too far for some tribal officials. Mentz was fired last May. His offense: refusing to disinter hillside graves to make way for a road to the reservation casino...
...always. The backbones of Las Vegas’ economy—the megacasinos—capitalize on the heat perfectly. These billion-dollar resorts incorporate misting systems that cover the entirety of their properties. This provides such comfort that one feels compelled to stay within the bounds of each casino for just a few more minutes, where one might want to play just another few dollars at the craps tables...
...Reader deemed it one of America's 10 most enlightened towns. Swing ranked it the best place to be an artist, and Girlfriends called it one of the best places to be a lesbian. Cianci is particularly proud of a renovation that saved a Colonial Revival mansion called the Casino from demolition and restored it as a center for lavish public events. "It was a piece of crap in 1970," he says as he stands on the back veranda. "I actually toyed with making it a mayor's house, but I didn't have the balls...
...major assumption was that the providers would play nice. "It never occurred to us in our innocence that something so vital to society would be treated like a casino," says Davis' top energy adviser, David Freeman. "We thought somehow the hand of Adam Smith would be benign...
...cooked, corrupt or just plain bad - even the companies themselves get to play oracle. For weeks, Wall Street has been a chastened bettor, placing few bets and admitting its ignorance. Then Cisco announced after the bell Tuesday that the year in tech looked pretty good - and Wednesday the casino was jumping again with a furious rally that added 122 points to the NASDAQ and 305 points to the Dow, the biggest daily gains of 2002. Nobody even complained about Cisco's obvious conflict of interest as a company that stands to profit from a tech rebirth...