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...campgrounds are in the wilderness, either. Las Vegas' Circus Circus casino has a campground, and Disney World has Fort Wilderness, where if visitors tire of Fantasyland, they can go canoeing and horseback riding. For some people this may be too much of a good thing. Much to the chagrin of folks like the Sutherlands, many campgrounds now have something they never had before: NO VACANCY signs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RV HAVING FUN YET? | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

Three months ago, a Missouri man going by the name Matthew Cunningham wagered $100 in a slot-machine tournament held on a Website called Global Casino. He lost. That, for Global Casino, was the good news. The bad news was that "Cunningham" was employed by the office of Missouri attorney general Jeremiah ("Jay") Nixon as part of a sting operation. Last Friday, in the first case ever against an active Internet gambling concern, a federal-circuit-court judge granted Nixon's request for a permanent injunction barring Global Casino's parent company, Interactive Gaming & Communications (I.G.C.) of Blue Bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYBERSPACE CRAPSHOOT | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...Fortier had been groomed in other ways. Hartzler spent 100 hours preparing him for his time on the stand. As a result, Fortier responded forthrightly to Hartzler's questions, and to Jones' too. He described how McVeigh served as best man at his wedding, held at a Las Vegas casino in July 1994. Soon afterward, Fortier said, McVeigh began to talk about taking "positive, offensive action" against the government. A plan began to take shape. By October, McVeigh and Terry Nichols had chosen a target: the federal building in Oklahoma City. (Nichols, the other person charged in the bombing, will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BURDEN OF PROOF | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...Campus Life Committee gets no respect on the Council. We are constantly reminded of our few failed attempts to include Casino Night and Club Loker. These events cost hundreds of dollars, but I ask the organizers of other student groups if any of their initiatives have ever failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Needs Council Campus Life Committee | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...other hand, most of you won't recall Club Loker. The event cost hundreds of dollars, and yet the majority of attendees were council members. But perhaps you will remember last year's Casino night. No? Oh, that's right, only 30 people showed up to the event, which cost students $3,000. Contrast this with the wildly successful Cultural Rhythms and the Hyperion Theatre Company, which both receive funds from the council...

Author: By Michael Omary, | Title: God Street Who? | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

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