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...also notes the Chinese government seems to be loosening its tight visa restrictions on Chinese visitors. "We'll continue to see recovery because of these macro factors," Fischer says. "We have turned the corner." But predicting the future of Macau's gambling industry is a lot like rolling dice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fortunes Fade for Macau's Casino Kings | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...current efforts to broker a unity government backed by both Fatah and Hamas. But as things stand, the U.S. wants that government to endorse the same principles it has demanded that Hamas embrace as a precondition for recognition: Recognize Israel, renounce violence and abide by previous agreements. No dice, says Hamas, which has its own ideas about how to achieve peace, but on terms the Israelis are unlikely to accept. With Hamas in the ascendancy and the U.S.-allied Abbas in the weaker position, the Administration will likely struggle to implement its vision at both ends of the Israeli-Palestinian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and His Troublesome Allies | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...scoop day in honor of Opening Day a little anticlimactic.  According to their Web site, J.P. Licks will be serving $1 scoops of ice cream and frozen yogurt today at all their locations from noon-9pm.  If flavors like “rice DICE Kream” and “Pedroia’s Passion Fruit” aren’t enough to get you in the door, then maybe “the most fun pie ever” will...

Author: By Meaghan E Lyons | Title: $1 Scoops at J.P. Licks | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...sure what to wear? Why, whatever the professional you of 2020 would, of course. Still no dice? With some help from the Pussycat Dolls, we’ve compiled some general aspirations held by Harvard grads and five-year-olds alike, along with the respective role models/potential wardrobe solutions...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom | Title: When I Grow Up... | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...results were striking. One hundred percent of the students who had written about being in charge rolled the dice themselves, compared with only 58% of the students who had written about someone else having power over them. Sixty-nine percent of the control group chose to roll. There may be nothing quite as random as a roll of the dice, but the students on a power high appeared to believe they could do it better. (Read "Does Power Corrupt? Absolutely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Powerful People Overestimate Themselves | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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