Word: jackpot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...burst of speed, going more places, giving more speeches, campaigning as if their lives depended on it-and indeed their political lives do. In these last critical weeks, Carter and Reagan are trying to reach the winning number of 270 electoral votes by zeroing in on the same glittering jackpot-the nation's eight most populous states, with a combined total of 228 electoral votes: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, Michigan and Florida. In a tightly contested race with a dissatisfied electorate and a large undecided bloc showing up in some polls, a small shift...
...charge of Hughes Helicopters. The company, which lost money in the early '70s, is now in the black, and Real expects it to be twice as large as Summa's hotel and casino business by 1985. The Summa real estate holdings are a potential jackpot. The company owns 29,000 acres in Nevada; only the Federal Government has more land in the state. Summa is about to sell 12,000 acres in Tucson and is sitting on an additional 1,200 acres in the affluent Playa del Rey section of Los Angeles...
...others. An investor puts up $20,000 cash and a $100,000 note due in ten years and gets to depreciate $115,000 on his taxes in the first three years. If the novels and anticipated movies are bookstore and box-office smashes, the investor will hit the jackpot. If they flop, though, the investor will still have to pay off the $100,000 note after ten years...
...Hollywood, Fla., just north of Miami, 1,200 people crowd each evening into a fancy, $900,000 bingo hall. Its owners pamper the players with valet parking, waitresses and armed escorts to their cars after the games. Small wonder: the nightly super jackpot can run as high as $19,000. Top prizes at other Florida bingo games are limited...