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...confidant at the time. "She had built that room for Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, Shecky Greene, Bob Newhart - all those guys, her ex-husband's generation, who were ruling the roost in Vegas at the time. They refused to play the Main Room because they thought it would hurt their Las Vegas draw." Hamilton and another comic, Biff Maynard, suggested that Mitzi instead try to fill the room with a bill of her Comedy Store regulars. So she put together a squad of her best acts - among them David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Robin Williams - and crowds packed the place...
...cheaply. Moreover, the land in question - which Pinewood owns - is located within the greenbelt, a swath of rural land that rings London where development is usually prohibited. The addition of homes in a country battling a housing shortage could also bolster its planning application. It won't hurt Pinewood's argument, either, that the expansion will create more than 1,000 permanent jobs...
...certain times, McCain seems to dwell too much on war and Islamic extremism, which he calls the "transcendent challenge of the 21st century." Just as he hurt his chances in Michigan by leveling with voters that old-line jobs in the dying auto industry weren't coming back, he risks alienating Republicans in the Sunshine State with his particularly bleak view of the future. "It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away. There's going to be other wars," he told supporters on Sunday, without elaborting. "And right...
...customers have, of course, survived many changes over the years, from the brewery breakup of the 1990s to the seismic shift away from cask ale and beer to lager; and from proprietary ownership to chain-owned pubs. If the New York experience is any indication, the smoking ban will hurt most in the first year, but new customers will emerge to take advantage of the benefits of a smoke-free environment. And while many pubs are closing, there are also new ones opening. The new tenants of the Greene King are bullish: "We wouldn't enter the market unless...
...primary move, has not been nearly as harsh in its punishment. As a result, Republican candidates have descended on Florida and held a nationally televised debate at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton last week. That's why many fear the Democrats' no-campaign-in-Florida pledge may hurt the party in November, especially among the state's large cohort of independents. The candidates' primary absence could "end up costing the Democrats 1% of the vote here," says Geller, "which is significant in Florida...