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...Bugsy Siegel to the haunt of the Rat Pack to a collection of theme hotels evoking other times and places--have been the gambling and the wisdom that it is no destination for the culturally inclined. The opening last week of Steve Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio hotel and casino, modeled after an Italian Riviera village, is the initial step in a plan to change that perception. Among the first to sample the Bellagio's attractions were several TIME staffers, who this week appraise the hotel and the city's attempts to draw a new audience to the desert. TIME...
Maybe it will come in handy. The new technology creates fresh temptations, sometimes by erecting walls of privacy as fast as it tears them down. In the old days, if you wanted to play roulette, you walked into a casino. If you wanted pornography, you bought it in public. The Web lets you indulge these hobbies secretly, even to addictive lengths. But then it throws in fear of retribution from on high--the chance that your data will fall into the wrong hands. (If that makes you queasy, buy your pornography at a convenience store, as our forefathers...
...into Head of the Charles revelry and already you're bored. Two words: ROAD TRIP. Stop in the name of love and head over to the Diana Ross concert at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Relish the divadom of it all. 9 p.m., Foxwoods Resort and Casino (Take 1-95 south, Exit 92 for Route 2), Ledyard...
...commissions are so low and the action so fast-paced that hundreds of thousands of new people each month find themselves hooked into the Internet, trading for $8 a pop, loving the excitement and potentially the rewards. But has online trading turned the stock market into a giant casino that threatens the financial lives of Americans? That's what John Steffens, a Merrill Lynch vice chairman in charge of stock brokerage, contends. He has gone to war against Internet trading in a series of public speeches, chronicled last week in the Wall Street Journal, urging individuals to abandon their free...
Sherrice Iverson might still be alive if Cash had reported what he saw. Although I do not condone his behavior, a bigger question is, What is a little girl doing in a casino by herself at 3:47 a.m.? Cash showed callous disregard for the child. But Sherrice's father also showed callous disregard for his daughter's safety. Parents who do not parent should look to themselves when assigning guilt. KAREN INMAN St. Paul, Minn...