Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saturday, the first annual United States Grand Prix of Las Vegas will be run on a specially-constructed, 2.2-mile circuit that will be torn down immediately following the event. "The prize money is hard to ascertain because it is all handled through FICA," says Larry Aldenhoevel of Caeser's Palace, the Las Vegas hotel sponsoring the event. "but I do know that the man who wins is in for a lot of money...
According to the New York State Department of Tourism, the 18 to 20 racing weekends a year at the circuit just southwest of Watkins Glen are responsible for 23 million dollars of revenue annually. "Just how much of that comes in from the Grand Prix is impossible to say," Currie says, although he says it is by far the most lucrative event...
Mather House residents were forced to evacuate their rooms Monday night when a false alarm, triggered by a short circuit in one of the smoke detectors, went...
...Wayne County's circuit court in Detroit, which adopted the system in 1975, it works this way: every two weeks the courthouse computers spew forth a random sample of more than 1,000 names and addresses from a jury pool of 30,000 citizens. Occupational exemptions have been abolished, though brief deferrals are usually granted by telephone. The rate of excuses has been cut from 33% to .09%. Thereafter, an average of 100 prospective jurors are summoned each day, but only about 75 are asked to come to court. The others telephone to hear a prerecorded message that tells...
...drawn after the match, and having received threats against his life, Borg announced that he was going to take a respite from tennis. "I'm going to try and do other things to keep my mind off the game. I hope that when I come back to the circuit, I will feel really refreshed." A touch of Borg's off-court charm had rubbed off on the bumptious Big Mac. At a White House reception for U.S. Davis Cup and Wightman Cup teams, McEnroe seemed to bewitch First Lady Nancy Reagan, 60, with his new-found gentility...