Word: dogs
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...think trouble - and change - comes the day Shi Guozheng doesn't have another place to move to, another job to go to. It's not the people living the Great Chinese Dream - with the new house and the car and the dog and maybe a second child on the way - that the government needs to worry about. It's the people who build that dream for others, and then move on, hoping to do it again somewhere else. They, too, are vested in the country's economic miracle. But should that miracle somehow turn sour, look...
This was, the fans declared, a victory for the People's Dog, the dog next door, albeit one bred for glory, since Uno is the great-granddoggy of a famous champion of the 1990s. With victory come the spoils, steak on a silver platter at Sardi's, a chance to ring the opening bell on Wall Street. Anticipating a rush to beagle breeders, veterans had one piece of advice for would-be parents: Be sure to get a fence first...
...season of underdogs, of plot twists and reckonings, a Super Bowl for the ages that saw David smite Goliath, a presidential campaign in which humility has all the momentum, since so many have been so wrong about so much. So it was the natural time for the true under-dog to have his moment as well, at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, where tuxedoed judges bearing shiny trophies descended on Uno, the merry little beagle that became the first of his kind to win Best in Show, ever...
...year, gambling revenue in Macau jumped 46% to $10.3 billion, putting the Chinese city on track to surpass the entire state of Nevada in gaming income. That income has soared since the city ended a casino monopoly in 2002, but the gambling boom has not exactly reinvigorated interest in dog racing. Last year, the Canidrome earned just $12 million; the Venetian Macau, by comparison, raked in $418 million in its first quarter since opening last August. Unlike the more serious gamblers who hit the city's baccarat tables, the few hundred spectators at the Canidrome on most nights are mostly...
...China. During its 25-year racing hiatus, the track served as a temporary safe haven for political refugees spilling over the border from the mainland. When it finally reopened in 1963, eager punters formed long lines to get through the doors, while ferries from Hong Kong arrived crammed with dog-racing fanatics...