Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both Internet gambling and the rapidly expanding Indian casino market. But the odds of implementing these measures are long, to say the least. Four of the commission's nine members are unhappy with the moratorium, which they say would be perceived as a permanent ban on growth. And except in the case of Indian casinos (which are regulated through the Department of the Interior), any resulting regulations would have to be approved by state legislatures -- the very people the commission considered describing as "addicted to the revenue" from state-sanctioned gambling...
...ceremony was similar to other graduations, except that the children of the graduates ran around the theatre and yelled to the solemn graduates on the floor...
...this alley and see what it means? Which is, perhaps, that virtual power, not real size, is often what's important. Envirolink has few staff members and little money, but it has power, because it is an entry to 400 enviro and animal-rights websites. Off-Road.com is an unknown, except to its communicants, who are mostly Western motorheads determined to keep Forest Service logging roads open at a time when rising environmental awareness makes it clear to the wider society that they should be closed. Lycos, briefly eager to save the planet with Envirolink, is a real business with real...
...Except for its radical fringes, environmentalism moved into the political mainstream, and so did Hayes. By the time he was 35, he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to head the Solar Energy Research Institute in Colorado, and clean power became his passion. After finding the time to finish his law degree at Stanford in 1985, Hayes was drawn back onto the environmental front lines by groups looking forward to the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Day. The threat of global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels had thrust the environment back into the headlines...
...look into the new solar system found orbiting the star UPSILON ANDROMEDAE last week. Distant planets have been popping up for a few years, but always singly; this is the first time astronomers have found a group. One even has an Earthlike orbit, so it might be hospitable--except that it's bigger than Jupiter and probably made mostly of gas. It could have an Earthlike moon, however. If you can find a broker, better get your bid in early for a choice...