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...proposed casino. Their fee: more than the legally allowed 40% of net revenues. The deal with the NIGC was negotiated in private, and then chairman Harold Monteau rubber-stamped it. The other two commissioners and several staff members objected, complaining that Monteau had worked out the generous package in secret. Monteau is now a lobbyist on casino issues for more than a dozen tribes...
...campaign against Germany and significantly shortened the fighting. This was a success only because the media did not hear of the code or announce that it had been broken. The Germans never knew any of this until after the war was over. Does anybody believe that an equivalent secret could be kept today? Nicholas Boote London
Kudos to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for crashing the catwalk at the Victoria's Secret fashion show and taking Gisele Bundchen to task for modeling for a fur company [PEOPLE, Nov. 25]. I guess the Brazilian model is all legs and no heart. Maggie Moore Virginia Beach...
...millions of dollars--sometimes in violation of legal limits--from casinos they helped establish, either by taking advantage of regulatory loopholes or cutting backroom deals. More than 90% of the contracts between tribes and outside gaming-management companies operate with no oversight. That means investors' identities are often secret, as are their financial arrangements and their share of the revenue. Whatever else Congress had in mind when it passed the regulatory act, presumably the idea was not to line the pockets of a Malaysian gambling magnate, a South African millionaire or a Minnesota leather-apparel king...
...highlands, there are almost as many kinds of ruou (pronounced zyoo)?as there are hill tribes. Notorious for packing a punch, plain ruou is made from rice and is either clear or red, depending on the brew. More exotic, though, are the ones containing some not-so-secret ingredients: whole pickled cobras, monkey parts or any other animal that will fit in a jar. Each variety is said to have specific medicinal powers. Gecko is purported to be a natural antibiotic. Black crow supposedly cures backaches. Aphrodisiac versions come with goat testicles, starfish and sea horse. Then there...