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...what allows the rumors to grow is that they arrive in a vacuum. She is relatively closed next to her husband's wide-eyed openness. The public has an encyclopedic knowledge of the President's habits, from his favorite teams to how long he jogs, his weakness for junk food and the eggs with jalapeno peppers he fixes for Hillary. He will answer the most personal questions if they are put directly to him. When the story gets around that a steward inadvertently walked into the presidential bedroom while the Clintons were still asleep, Clinton said it was true...
...high-risk game that thrived on the blood spilled by corporate raiders in the 1980s. Before he was caught, his net worth was estimated at more than $200 million. Though Boesky reduced his penalties by leading investigators to other investors who were profiting from insider information, including junk-bond king Michael Milken, he paid $100 million in fines and served 22 months in a minimum-security prison. He was released...
...bragged of killing those who crossed him, and Bill Harrah, who in his 60s drag-raced with teenagers on Reno streets, have been displaced by quiet, invisible graduates of business schools. The last convicted felon to be spotted by a local columnist on the Strip was Michael Milken, the junk-bond king. "What this town needs," says Bob Stupak, the crusty owner of Vegas World, "is that scent of vice, a little sin, to stir that desire to come to Las Vegas...
...Vegas. He came to Las Vegas at a time when banks like Thomas' relied for some of their deposits on the Mob-controlled Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. But Wynn was also one of the first Las Vegas entrepreneurs to turn to Milken's junk bonds when it came time to build Atlantic City's Golden Nugget. He still refers to a casino as "the joint." But he was also the first in the business to decide to turn up the lights on the casino floor, and the only one ever to write a ballet about the history...
...Soulful Light of the Missionary Monk Messiah" touched down on Earth via the Dunster House dining hall Saturday night. As Daryl Norcott '94, leader of this "exploratory movement of funk," preached elegant couples like "Fee Fi Foe Funk/ let's get down and do this Junk," his 20-person band took its audience into the upper funkisphere...