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...have been blessed with a temperament conducive to marriage, or lucky to have found a well-matched mate. Such humble detachment is a hallmark of liberalism; a good liberal can look at anyone--serial killer or serial monogamist--and see how circumstances of birth and upbringing loaded the dice. A guiding insight of modern liberalism is "There but for the grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: THE FALSE POLITICS OF VALUES | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

With this decision Lamm is rearranging his life on short notice and going against the counsel of his political advisers and his wife, an active Democrat who has backed Bill Clinton. Says Lamm: "I'm rolling some pretty high dice on the premise that Perot is sincere." Perot meanwhile was content to let Lamm have the stage to himself--at least for the moment. Perot spent last week on vacation with his family in Bermuda, where gambling is illegal and U.S. politics seems distant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: A REAL CANDIDATE OR PEROT'S SACRIFICIAL LAMM? | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...More medical expenses are not being covered by insurance," notes Ronald Weiss, a bankruptcy attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. "This, coupled with the general increase in medical costs, is responsible for more individuals needing to avail themselves of bankruptcy court." Another factor is gambling, as chances to roll the dice have multiplied. Weiss has noted an upsurge in filings in Kansas City, where four Missouri River boats serve as floating casinos. Chicago bankruptcy lawyer Kevin Benjamin is convinced he's in a growth industry. "The rate will keep going up because this is the way America is." Moreover, Benjamin adds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEADBEAT AND UPBEAT | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

When Stephen Bollenbach left the top financial job at the Walt Disney Co. to run the Hilton Hotel Corp. in February, he vowed to make Hilton a leader of the $20 billion U.S. gaming industry. Bollenbach hit the jackpot with just one roll of the dice last week, when Hilton agreed to acquire Bally Entertainment in a $2 billion stock swap that creates the world's largest casino company. "Big guys win in any consolidating industry," Bollenbach says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch, Jun. 17, 1996 | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...mode, with a talking blues for cat owners. Puff disdains the low-rent cat food her master serves and hightails it for the big city. Her master pleads, "Come home, old Puff, come home to us,/ There's a lot of new benefits I'd like to discuss." No dice. "I saw her six months later in a cat magazine./ She was the Number One TV cat-food queen/...I could tell it was Puff even though she was wrapped/ In a white mink stole and her teeth were capped." Kids love the jingle-jangle verse, and cats listen thoughtfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: WONDROUS RIDES | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

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