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...says that gambling can alter his personality. “This seriously affects people’s lives,” he says. “After a win, I am a happy, confident kid. After losing, I’m pissed off and I feel like a chump. How something so independent of skills could affect someone’s moods is ridiculous. I gamble every...
...operated by private firms that handle everything from installing the machinery to identifying violations--often with minimal police oversight--and have an incentive to pull in as many drivers as they can. The companies get paid as much as $70 a ticket, and the total revenue is hardly chump change. San Diego has raked in $15.9 million since October 1998, and Washington $12.8 million since August 1999. "It's all about money," says Congressman Bob Barr, a leading critic. Not so, insists Terrance Gainer, Washington's executive assistant chief of police. "We have reduced fatalities. If some company is making...
...compromise. Imagine his surprise when he found that Bush aides had secretly written a bill more to their liking with G.O.P. Senator Bill Frist, limiting jury awards to $500,000. But even that didn't shake Norwood until last week, when he determined he'd been played for a chump and introduced his bill. The White House complains that Norwood was inflexible. This week the Democratic-controlled Senate will take up Edwards' bill. Republicans will try to pick it apart, but they know it's an uphill fight. "You can never win an argument that people can't sue," says...
...field and sing a rendition of Hall & Oates' Maneater for a free bologna sandwich. Hence, when the carousel lights started blinking to signal the imminent arrival of their bags, the Mariners packed in shoulder to shoulder, each one dreaming of that juicy wad of 28 singles. "It sounds like chump change," said Perry, who doesn't make anywhere near $2.2 million, "but we can all use the money...
...That's chump change to Rich, who, since arriving in the U.S. during World War II, has amassed a fortune estimated at well over $1 billion. An average student and self-described "business machine," Rich dropped out of New York University to learn the commodities business from fellow European Jewish immigrants at Philipp Bros. He was a quick study, thriving in the high-stakes, split-second world of commodities trading, in which your demanding customer might be a Third World dictator and information is the hottest commodity...