Word: croupier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...important auction combines the tension of an operatic first night with the ambience of a celebrity party. A top auctioneer has the talents of a croupier, a fight promoter and a matinee idol. As SPB President John Marion, who has wielded the gavel for 18 years, said to TIME'S Georgia Harbison: "A good auctioneer is very much like a good lecturer. Everyone should understand what's going on and be sitting forward in his seat." He added: "Sometimes the atmosphere in the salesroom is absolutely crackling. The eyes of the whole world...
...shiny new roulette wheel slowed, the hopping ivory ball fell into the green "0" slot, allowing the croupier to rake in the bets. A few minutes later, against the odds, 'the ball dropped into the "00" slot, again making losers of almost all the bettors pressed against the table. The house, predictably, was starting off ahead...
...even be argued that betting, within reason, has redeeming social value. Felicia Campbell, a University of Nevada behaviorist who earned her Ph.D. with a thesis on "Gambling Mythologies and Typologies" (and was once married to a croupier), insists that gambling permits many people?especially the elderly?to "lose themselves in the action of the moment." She adds: "Even though the final result is often negative, it's a positive impulse. The peak experience is almost more important than winning. When he grabs the dice, a blue-collar worker is in control of his destiny. For the businessman, gambling...
...attractive, like hiring comely college girls as blackjack dealers. But the company's biggest edge is sound management. Harrah's 6,500 employees are organized into 42 departments, which are administered by carefully recruited professional managers. Experts have compiled operational manuals for every job from busboy to croupier, and even fingerprints on glass doors are quickly wiped away by ever-alert employees. Harrah is now working on plans to expand his casinos and hotels at a cost of $60 million-to be provided by his eternally optimistic patrons...
...Said a croupier: "They never cracked a smile...