Word: dices
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...simple enagua de crep? mate, Rodr?guez convirti? a la novia de John F. Kennedy Jr. en una doncella et?rea y sexy ?un estilo que se convertir?a en su distintivo y en la silueta m?s imitada de la pasada d?cada. ?Puede cortar un vestido mejor que cualquier otro dise?ador?, dice Kalman Ruttenstein, director de moda de Bloomingdale?s, quien conoce a Rodr?guez desde que creo su marca en 1998. Rodr?guez, el ?nico dise?ador americano que ha recibido del Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) el premio de mejor dise?ador por dos a?os consecutivos, es mencionado a menudo como el heredero...
...City. Rodr?guez se ha convertido en uno de los hispanos m?s influyentes en Hollywood por su habilidad de poner a los latinos en papeles estelares y ampliar la definici?n de lo que es un rol latino. ?Hollywood no ten?a roles para Jennifer L?pez ni Salma Hayek hace diez a?os?, dice Rodr?guez, quien hizo cambiar todo eso con su trilog?a, Spy Kids, donde Antonio Banderas y Carla Gugino interpretan superh?roes latinos. ?Ahora no tienes que poner a los latinos en papeles latinos solamente...
...causando conmoci?n en Hollywood con su pel?cula, Promedio rojo. Pero Rodr?guez, de 37 a?os no est? preparado para hablar sobre su legado. ?El t?tulo de ?m?s poderoso latino en Hollywood? est? bien porque sabes que muchos j?venes te miran y pueden ver que ser latino no es un impedimento?, dice Rodr?guez. ?Lo que siempre he querido?, a?ade p?caramente, ?es no tener que trabajar ni un d?a en mi vida...
...nickel since 1989, Bruce Roberts spends a lot of time in casinos. He's rarely there alone, however. He usually has an escort walk him through--the better to ensure that he doesn't succumb to the sweet swish of the cards or the signature rattle of the dice. A onetime compulsive gambler, Roberts, 62, weathered his years of wagering better than many. He never lost his wife or his home--although he has refinanced the house nine times. "Cards and Vegas were the two biggest things in my life," he says. "I'm a helluva poker player...
...they call it chasing the high," says psychologist Carlos DiClemente of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "In gambling, it's called chasing the big win. And that's where self-regulation goes down the tubes." Better, say DiClemente and others, to simply to put down the cards or dice or cup of coins for good. As battle-scarred gamblers are fond of saying, the only way to be sure you come out ahead is to buy the casino. --With reporting by Melissa August/ Washington, Helen Gibson/ London, Noah Isackson/ Chicago, Coco Masters/ New York and Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles