Word: coastered
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...some very smart people as well. "The dotcom generation loves poker. It gives you a sense of control you don't find in other games," says Howard Schwartz, the proprietor of Las Vegas' Gambler's Book Shop. "It's a roller coaster with an adrenaline high." Schwartz links poker's popularity to a natural migration from other games. "Blackjack players have gone to poker because the casinos are breathing down the necks of anybody who counts cards or increases their bets substantially. They're so afraid that these M.I.T. kids are going to take them down for a million dollars...
...real stakes involving everyday, normal people." And some very smart people as well. "The dotcom generation loves poker. It gives you a sense of control you don't find in other games," says Howard Schwartz, the proprietor of Las Vegas' Gambler's Book Shop. "It's a roller coaster with an adrenaline high." Schwartz links poker's popularity to a natural migration from other games. "Blackjack players have gone to poker because the casinos are breathing down the necks of anybody who counts cards or increases their bets substantially. They're so afraid that these M.I.T. kids are going...
...carbs is that its Slim-Fast line of meal-replacement shakes (low calorie but not so low carb), whose sales peaked at $1 billion in 2002, has dropped off the radar; sales fell 21% last year. Kraft's SnackWells and other diet products have ridden the same roller coaster. Slim-Fast's recovery plan is to tailor 40% of its products to low-carb dieters...
Looking back, I didn't like the vendor's furtive, beady eyes from the get-go?but such misgivings are swatted aside when you're on the emotional roller coaster that is house hunting. For a fatal moment my heart ruled my head, and I ended up entangled in every expatriate's nightmare...
...It’s been an emotional roller coaster for sure, winning on Friday, getting the Kazmaier the next day, losing the final, and coming out here and getting these exciting wins,” Ruggiero said following Team USA’s victory over Canada earlier in the tournament. “My emotions are all over the place...