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Word: dices (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senate in 1998--has taken the fight a step further, contending that Global Casino's operators broke the law by letting a Missouri citizen wager on their site, even though the computers that take the bets are on the Caribbean island of Grenada. No dice, says Lawrence Hirsch, general counsel for I.G.C. "There is no law on the books anyplace," he says flatly, "that prohibits us from doing what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYBERSPACE CRAPSHOOT | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...benign genetic legacy may appreciate the increased knowledge that comes from a positive test and whatever relief comes from a negative one. For now, researchers say, the key may be to look at genetic testing not as firm forecasting but as mere oddsmaking. As with all rolls of the dice, the outcome is never a sure thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANCER GENES REVISITED | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...career. By updating corny card and coin feints and levitation stunts with post-grunge chic, he has leapfrogged from hustling sharpie to the star of his own sweeps-month network special, David Blaine: Street Magic (ABC, May 19, 8 p.m. E.T.). "It's a roll of the dice," admits ABC Entertainment president Jamie Tarses. "But David is very contemporary, of his generation, hip, cool. We think he can pull in the young, urban audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE WIZARD OF GRUNGE | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...return for all the free spectrum space the government is bequething broadcasters ($70 billion worth, according to some), campaign reformers say broadcasters should provide free political advertising. Their answer: no dice. But it wouldn't kill them: campaign ads make up only a tiny percentage of total advertising revenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 19, 1997 | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...debts can be term-billed home. Another friend even suggested that our illustrious deans could sing "Wannabe" for tips in the smoky lounge (perhaps in place of where the book swap now stands). "Meet me under the painting of Catherine Loker," students will say. "And bring your lucky dice...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: Bring Your Lucky Dice | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

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