Word: louisiana
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...north of Minneapolis. In return for managing the place, Berman and his partners got 40% of the profits for seven years, after which the tribe took over. Eager to duplicate the model, Berman backed three more Indian ventures: the Grand Casino Hinckley, also in Minnesota, and two casinos in Louisiana. In 1999 a predecessor company, Lakes Gaming Inc., which was publicly owned, earned $54.7 million in management-fee income and had a net profit of $28.8 million. Berman has done so well that in 1997 executive-compensation guru Graef Crystal called his compensation package for the previous year--which totaled...
...been more than 70 years since a sitting Senator lost an election in Louisiana. It has been almost 120 years since a Republican senatorial candidate in Louisiana won one. Both those streaks are safe--for now. On Saturday, Senator Mary Landrieu successfully defended her seat against challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell, by 51% to 49%, in a nasty, narrow runoff election that gives dazed Democrats a silver lining to their dark midterm cloud...
...successful campaign pitch and fund-raising machine to the state in recent weeks, joined at rallies by his father, former President Bush, as well as Vice President Dick Cheney. Republicans believe a win this Saturday in this extremely Democratic state could bode well for a Bush 2004 reelection bid - Louisiana has voted eight consecutive times for the winning presidential candidate...
...Administration on issues ranging from oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife reserve to the use of force against Iraq. One key departure from the right has sparked the fiercest attacks from Republicans; Landrieu is pro-choice, a stand that has made her a target among the traditionally Democratic Louisiana electorate - which is comprised of a large number of Catholics and a rapidly increasing body of evangelical Christians. On the plus side: Landrieu's family is entrenched in the state's political system; her father was mayor of New Orleans and she served in the state legislature for years...
...completely to the Republican agenda. She is pro-life, pro-tax cut - in other words, pro-Bush, a fact that the President has trumpeted during this campaign. "[Terrell] is the kind of person I can work with," he announced during a speech Tuesday in Shreveport. Terrell's primary message: Louisiana's interests will be better served if its representative in the Senate is a member of the Republican majority...