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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...afraid of my own temperament." As his black puppy, Harley, chews on a Gideon Bible, Moreland, now 40, lies back on the bed. "I'm starting to have tears in my eyes, just thinking back," he says. In recent months he has lived in Mesa, Tucson and Las Vegas, working as a day laborer...
What if you threw a takeover party and no investors came? Las Vegas financier Kirk Kerkorian was in that predicament last week as his bid to acquire Chrysler for $23 billion, or $55 a share, seemed close to collapse. Not a single bank or financial partner has come forward to provide cash for the buyout since Kerkorian and former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca proposed it on April 12. That lack of support has caused Chrysler stock, which jumped nearly $10 a share to $48.75 on the day of the announcement, to fall back since then and close last week...
...Jordan back, the NBA must be on its collective hands and knees now, praying that he can lead the Bulls deep into the playoffs and bring back his magic. Just how much is Jordan respected? His Bulls--a .500 team without him--have been installed as title favorites by Las Vegas odds makers, the first time in history a road team has been so honored...
Lucille has been waiting too, singing in nightclubs, always talking about leaving Las Vegas and never being able to do it. Finally, her manager, the funniest character in the movie, (played excellently by David Cross) gets her an audition with record-company hot-shot Vine Vidivici. Instead of coming, seeing and conquering, Vinnie comes to Vegas...
...night are indistinguishable inside a casino, and after a certain point, magic (in the form of luck) is the only way to win at gambling. Johnny (big-D) Destiny is, as Harry puts it, a "small-g, god" of luck, and is therefore the small-g, god of Las Vegas. Not only does he controls who enters and who leaves, and all they do while they stay there. We never see anyone come or go who is not driven in by Destiny or transported out by his pool. Even Vidivici, the record producer, must hitch a ride, because...