Word: dices
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
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...
...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...
...film's early scenes, Scorsese and Richardson are at their best. Scorsese's smooth camera moves are perfect for the blinding pace of the Casino floor, and Richardson's neo-noir lighting adds texture to an other-wise plastic environment. Initially, the shots combining rolling dice, shuffling cards, spinning slots and elusive chips make up for the absence of a meaningful story...
...dice were loaded when UNH began the second half with a couple of good attacks, but then freshman Judy Collins streaked down the middle of the field past the defense. The Wildcat goaltender came out of the net to stop the initial shot, but Collins lifted the rebound over the sprawled cageminder and into the promised land...