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...There was lots of music and a wonderful library [in Dunster House]. We liked to shoot pool in the basement and play poker on the fifth floor," he says...
...Trudeau. Without Tanner, Altman says, "I don't think I could have made this film." It probably also helped that he stopped drinking, though Altman bridles at the suggestion. "I stopped drinking for health reasons. I've never jeopardized anything by either the drinking or the gambling" -- he plays poker, backgammon and the horses -- "or the pot smoking. I do smoke pot. I sit on the front porch like a grandpa and try to enjoy the weather...
...open the door to some back-door negotiations by an old friend of both men's: Richard Nixon. Buchanan, who says he plans no third-party run for the White House, is certain to support Bush against the Democrats in November. So what will he trade for his primary poker chips? Party-rules changes? A prime-time convention speech? Buchanan scoffs at such speculation. "Is that what they believe I care about, whether I get 12 minutes at the convention?" he asks. "I mean, what the hell do they think politics is all about?" Explains Buchanan: "What is the primary...
...this high-stakes, high-rolling event,risk-seeking students used chips to bet instandard casino games, including blackjack, craps,roulette and poker. In addition, several studentswere awarded prizes at the end of the night...
...Russian navy at the Strait of Tsushima in 1905. Yamamoto had come to know the U.S. as a graduate student at Harvard and as naval attache in Washington. And as executive officer of Japan's naval flight school, he had learned the new religion of air power. He loved poker, bridge and shogi, the Japanese version of chess. Said one of his top aides: "He had a gambler's heart...