Word: slotting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even if you're lucky enough to slot in these categories, however, you still have violence, suicide, tobacco and HIV to contend with. All are expected to shoot up the cause-of-death charts in the next century. Best not to tell your life insurance company just...
...plugging a hand-held computer into a slot on the dashboard, the driver can review appointments and look up phone numbers and addresses...
...money." Critics charge that because the industry is so dependent on this small group, it appeals deliberately and relentlessly to them. "It's not so much a privacy concern as an addiction concern," says Bernie Horn, an official with the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, "because slot clubs have a high percentage of addicts among their membership...
...gambling industry sharply disagrees. "No, we do not try to target compulsive gamblers so we can take all their money," says Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., president of the American Gaming Association. "We are in a very competitive business. The entertainment dollar is highly contested. But if someone joins a slot club who happens to be a compulsive, does that mean we can't advertise?" He also asserts that "95% of the people in the country have no problem at all with gambling...