Word: hiltonization
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...crazy aunt in the attic," as one AT&T mogul called it. Forget Larry Flynt or the low-rent types from Boogie Nights. When Americans turn on pornography, chances are their money is flowing into the pockets of mainstream companies like Time Warner, GM, AT&T, Marriott International, Hilton and countless others...
...kicked in $300,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, followed with $300,000 to the Republicans and $250,000 to the Democrats in 1999. In 1998, Circus Circus gave $285,000 to the same G.O.P. committee. The following year, Park Place Entertainment, the former gaming division of the Hilton Hotels, gave $100,000 to the Democrats and $75,000 to the Republicans, and MGM Grand gave $150,000 each to the Democrats and Republicans...
While the spread varied with each game, one factor was constant--the pivotal role Nevada played in executing the scheme. After Pendergast raised money in Chicago, he wired it to Irving in Reno. For the Penn State game, Irving bet $4,400 with the sports book at the Reno Hilton. When Penn State, a 14-point favorite, won by 30 points, Irving collected the group's winnings and wired an initial $6,000 payment to Pendergast, who gave Lee $4,000 in cash as his share...
...well as reggae, and the air is spiced with the aroma of curries and goat's-head pepper soups. Unlike most capitals, the city - with a population of 400,000 - has little in the way of fancy restaurants outside of its two big hotels with those exotic-sounding names: Hilton and Sheraton. Like most major capitals, it has a flourishing red-light district...
Actually, I wasn't that lucky. I spent the night at the Newark Airport Hilton, sticking around until I could get an up-close-and-personal look at the candidate...