Word: reno
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...oasis of earnest activism amidst a landscape of sin. Not that the Riviera holds much temptation itself. Concurrently hosting the American Cue Sports convention in addition to Yearly Kos, the "Riv" is a rambling, mirrored box wreathed in antiquated neon with a Las Vegas address but a distinctly Reno ambiance. Inside the conference facility, the faded carpet is nubby with wear, the mirrors that line the halls are dim and pock-marked, and fluorescent lights cast green shadows onto the face of a lonely security guard who sits in a desk chair, eating Doritos...
...Finally, the greatest contradiction about you is that you can be charming and personable when you meet new people, even liberals whom you stridently oppose. (I've seen you be quite sweet to both Janet Reno AND New York City journalists.) And yet you are so acid and unforgiving on TV and in print. That makes a lot of people think either the charm or the harshness is an act. Which...
...classic subjects for sitcoms, so it only makes sense to combine them. This improv comedy is set at an "élite Beverly Hills dating service"--actually located in Tarzana, Calif.--that is staffed by a neurotic crew of "relationship consultants." Cast with versatile veterans of improv shows like Reno 911!, Lovespring also features a daffy string of customers both demanding (a woman offers $10,000 to have her dog deflowered) and satisfied ("He learned some things in prison that really make me happy"). The concept has been tried unsuccessfully before (e.g., UPN's Love Inc. last season), but this loose...
SARA BECKMAN, eighth-grader at O'Brien Middle School in Reno, Nev., after a trip to an amusement park to reward honor students ended abruptly when the buses encountered locked gates...
Sources: Washington Post; AP (2); Washington Post; AGI; New York Times; Chicago Sun-Times; Reno Gazette-Journal