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...Even before Wynn and others moved to Macau, the former Portuguese colony and den of iniquity that is now part of the People's Republic of Gambling, Las Vegas was catering to its Asian clientele. The Encore is no exception. The elevator panel shows the floors climbing to 63, but floors numbered from 40 to 49 are missing, since the pronunciation for the number four in Cantonese and Mandarin is too close to the word for death. Very bad chi. On the life-fulfilling side, the Encore has a 60,000-sq.-ft. spa and gym that caters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stick It to the Recession: Wynn's Vegas Encore | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...According to MacDonald, the store used to be “a den of sin” where “you just see clouds of smoke and guys playing billiards.” For a time in the early 1900s, freshman were banned from the store, most likely at the University’s request...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: 126 Years and Still Smoking | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...campus and acted out a page from the standard Islamic Resistance playbook. "The blood in our veins is a gift to our leader," they chanted. "Israel will be destroyed, and Gaza is victorious." Later, part of the crowd reconvened at the former U.S. embassy--now known as the Den of Spies--and burned posters of George W. Bush and Barack Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking and Listening to Iran | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Richardson's group has signed up overseas supporters and planned a series of community dinners and a potluck in honor of the Inauguration. On a recent NFL-playoff Sunday, 11 members gathered in Richardson's brick-lined den to discuss ways to improve local schools. "When we as a group put a package together to send to Barack Obama, what should we ask for?" Richardson posed the question at the start of the meeting. The answers were varied and thoughtful. Why not encourage high school students to get passports to promote foreign travel? Why not sponsor overseas pen-pal programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Permanent Grass-Roots Campaign | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...Daley. Ego and votes do. The feds keep throwing darts at the board and nothing has stuck. They've never been able to catch him in a lie. Now Harris may be able to do that, or he may not. All we know is Harris fell in with a den of thieves, and he got hooked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Blago Cause Trouble for Daley? | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

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