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...They are not the only ones with reservations. Whereas Peterson set his record during the Great Depression, Gilmore came of age in the era of loaded dice, and has been dogged by numerous accusations of cheating in the recent investigative book Game of Chance. Beyond his links with ACPCO (Atlantic City Probability Co-Operative), whose tentacles may also extend to top players in Yahtzee and Boggle, the authors charge Gilmore with creating diversions so he can steal from the banker and raise suspicion regarding his "statistically improbable" penchant for winning second prize in beauty contests. Adding insult to injury...
...Home (Fox). Michael Rapaport, a normally excellent actor, inexplicably signed up for this self-congratulatorily "anti-PC" comedy that set out to make him the new Archie Bunker and instead turned him into the new Andrew Dice Clay...
Ayodola A. Adigun: A piece of computer paper with an image of a pair of dice...
...liss.Mercifully, Donato beats out contestants Harvey, Marinka, and M’liss for a word processor. He climbs the stairs and crosses himself, just as the host gleefully announces, “The reputation of Harvard is intact!”But once onstage, Donato has to play The Dice Game for a blue Pontiac Sunbird. “I came to Los Angeles by way of Las Vegas,” he tells Bob. “I’m still having nightmares about dice.”He overestimates the price of the car—though...
...however, one key affinity may indicate that the two economists are more alike than different. Both are passionate about baseball, crediting the game with fostering their love of statistics. Bernanke, who as a youth developed a dice-based baseball game, loves the work of Bill James, the baseball statistician known for focusing on obscure data to evaluate talent. Both have adopted the Washington Nationals. But their deep loyalties reach beyond the Beltway--to two teams with frustrating histories. Greenspan is a New York Mets fan; Bernanke pulls for the Boston Red Sox. No doubt, more frustrations await Bernanke...