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...airliner crashes in the first paragraph of a novel. The author, who, of course, has decreed the time and place of the crash as well as the passenger list, has a number of choices. Does he thread backward, exploring the chilly ironies of Fate's dice rolling? Forward, tracing a bizarre linkage of events unexpectedly tumbled into motion? Does he find sabotage, corporate greed, a pilot who memorized an eye chart he could no longer read...
...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...
...French Republic, the President has certain reserved powers, areas in which he is preeminent. These include foreign policy, security policy and diplomacy. He also retains the power to dissolve the Assembly and call new elections after a year. So if the Socialists fail to perform, Chirac might roll the dice again to see if he can get a majority. The final thing he has going in his favor is that he has time on his side. Nobody can force him out of power until his term ends in 2002. So, he's not finished. He still has some aces...
...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...
...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...