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...leading whore house in Portau-Prince is the Flamingo, where the girls are black, but the guests are white and American...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: A View of Haiti | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

...honesty of their dealers. Private detectives and closed-circuit TV monitoring of the tables are standard practice. But the second crackdown, and its attendant publicity, sent tremors of anxiety through the Nevada casino world. "We have a fortune tied up in the business," said an executive of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. "What's the percentage in risking it all-for no reason at all-when we can protect our investment and make a very nice return on it just playing it straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Crooked Shake | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

Married. Charles Aznavour, 42, France's pint-sized disenchanter of love (C,est fini, You've Let Yourself Go); and UllaThorssell, 25, miniskirted Swedish model; he for the third time; at Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 20, 1967 | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

...rich old husband Jacques," wrote Bishop, who apparently disagreed with Jeannie. "She is equally positive that her sister's little six-foot boy Melvin had nothing to do with it. When one thinks of the 39 stab wounds sustained by Jacques, in addition to having a crystal flamingo broken over his head and the impact of a Coke bottle which fractured his skull, it is difficult to imagine a stranger applying himself with such diligence. Either way, the lawyers are going to cost half a million. Jacques Mossier may be in the awkward position of paying to spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporting: The Armored Lady | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

They do indeed. By last week, thanks to the patient ministrations of Trainer Loyd Gentry, Graustark had emerged as the No. 1 candidate for Florida's $100,000 Flamingo Stakes-and possibly for the Kentucky Derby. The race that did it was the $6,000, six-furlong Grenada Purse at Hialeah. The field included three stakes winners, figured to provide a fair test for a horse that had been out of action for five months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: A Little Bit of Luck | 1/28/1966 | See Source »

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