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...event—nominally a discussion of Byrd’s recently released book Losing America: Confronting A Reckless And Arrogant Presidency co-sponsored by Harvard Book Store and Cambridge Forum before a packed house—provided a forum for the trio to aggressively criticize President Bush’s handling of U.S. foreign policy in the spotlight of the Democratic National Convention without the restrictions imposed by candidate John F. Kerry’s campaign staff...
...Tabu still has men dancing competitively on tabletops to impress women, like some '80s John Travolta movie someone forgot to make. "The clubs are now carrying Vegas," says Cy Waits, the bar's VIP manager. "The casinos want us to bring in quality. Young people are more reckless with their money." Along with clubs, arenas and music venues have sprouted up in the hotels, replacing the crooners with major pop and hip-hop acts. "For years people thought it was where acts go to retire," says Russell Jones, general manager of House of Blues Las Vegas, where Prince, Snoop Dogg...
...almost $2 billion a year for antipoverty initiatives ranging from potable-water to literacy projects. Making PDVSA (called Pedevesa) an oil firm cum development agency will be daunting, even with crude prices hovering near $40 a bbl. Venezuela's oil industry has been waylaid by political turmoil, including a reckless near shutdown by anti-Chavez managers and other employees at PDVSA in 2002 and 2003, intended to paralyze the industry and force Chavez's resignation. The stoppage, which Rodriguez calls "sabotage," at one point slashed the nation's oil output to a scant 50,000 bbl. a day and cost...
...clubs, which have sprung up like stripper poles. Every hotel has at least one disco and an ultralounge, the Vegas term for a Eurotrash bar with overpriced drinks. "The clubs are now carrying Vegas," says Cy Waits, vip manager at MGM's Tab? bar. "Young people are more reckless with their money." The clubs are a big draw for women, who outnumber the men. "We give women some empowerment," says Jennifer Worthington, 32, who co-owns Coyote Ugly, BiKiNiS and Tangerine. "Let them dance on a table and feel like a star for a minute." Along with clubs, music venues...
...meet with the bone of his forehead sending the ball whizzing back at the same speed. And so it went on, like a game of tennis, back and forth, both men displaying an excellent ability to read the flight of the ball and respond appropriately - and also, an almost reckless physicality...