Word: las
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PROS --Inviting an Elvis impersonator to their Las Vegas wedding shows they are comfortable with farce --He starred in a TV series called Dangerous Women; she starred in a TV show called Treacherous Beauties --She's the daughter of the Princess of Yugoslavia; he was King Tal in Beastmaster...
...Las Vegas Classic (SPGA), ESPN...
...about acquittals he won for alleged organized-crime figures. A toy rat lies dead in a trap near the fireplace, and a pair of steel balls given him by two reputed wiseguys hangs over the door. His name is Oscar Goodman, and he could be the next mayor of Las Vegas. As he tours Sin City on the campaign trail--gloating over its tacky exuberance, making love with it--I ride shotgun...
...local newspaper hack who had been hammering the Mob. When I was threatened--something about sleeping with the fishes--I turned to Goodman for help. He shrugged. I ran for my life. And 11 years later he makes no apologies. That's why he might be perfect for Las Vegas, a town that apologizes for nothing...
...would a guy so rich and famous run for the mostly thankless job of mayor? "I had always fought the System from outside," says Goodman, "and figured I'd take a shot at doing some good from inside." Goodman has lived 35 years in Las Vegas and has proved a tireless glad-hander during this campaign. He has led in the polls, including one published last Thursday, and is expected to win this week's primary, though not with a margin large enough to avoid a runoff vote in June...