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...other business, the council decided to sponsor two social events, Skate Night and Casino Night...
...cheap credit fueled the stock boom of a decade ago. The junk binge left the U.S. with a colossal hangover of corporate debt, and the IPO fever inspires some worries about the country's financial and economic health. Among other things, it raises the issue of whether a casino-like mentality tends to lure investors into high-risk and even dubious new issues, or tempt start-ups to race to market before they are ready in hopes of cashing in quick...
...sitting at crowded banquet tables in the Beverly Hilton Hotel. And unlike the Oscars and Tonys, the orchestra did not (most of the time) spoil the party by cutting short the acceptance speeches; at the Golden Globes, everybody gets to thank everybody. Sharon Stone, a Best Actress winner for Casino, spent a full three minutes thanking her co-stars, director, several Universal executives, her parents, publicist, hair and makeup people and "the girls at Chaos [her production company]: Paulette, Mindy and Kristen." Backstage with Dick Clark, she had more: "I forgot to mention Nick Pileggi...
...digit growth. If you find an investment north of 15% a year, you're probably looking to a technology company." Byron Wien, a managing director of Morgan Stanley, feels the technology group is in a long-term growth phase rather than the kind of boomlet experienced by energy and casino stocks in the late 1970s. Mutual-fund managers with big investments in technology insist the industry has grown so big and diverse that it's unlikely to go bust all at once. Such companies include those that offer services on the Internet (for example, America Online), semiconductors (Micron Technology), hardware...
When these characters are driven by greed and last--those traits which are celebrated in Vegas--this film works. But soon the main characters lose their passion and the script, by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi, can offer them no real options. In "Casino" everyone is content to gamble without worrying. When Ace, Ginger and Nicky finally do lose everything, it's too late--the audience has stopped caring. The impression which remains is a richness of atmosphere which is sickening...