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...with lucky Chinese 8's (in Chinese, the word for eight rhymes with the word meaning get rich) to rounding the high rollers' area with beehive curves to encourage its inhabitants to "leave their honey." The staff is more polite than the Chinese expect. "If you don't tip them, they'll still remain friendly," says Gigi Chan of Hong Kong, who notes that some of Macau's less refined dealers "will yell at you or even take your chips away." Asia isn't the only table in the global casino game. Europe, where many countries allow small casino operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exporting The Fun | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...interview with CNBC after the New York Post, which he owns, ran a front-page story erroneously announcing that Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt as his running mate. The paper corrected itself the next day. The New York Times later quoted an unnamed Post employee as saying the false tip was called in by Murdoch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jul. 19, 2004 | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...both the tip sheet and the termbill fail to tell students how to opt-out of the council?...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bill Leaves Students Wondering How To Avoid Council Fee | 7/16/2004 | See Source »

...Stewart and Baconovic were convicted in March of lying to federal investigators about why she sold her shares of biotech firm ImClone Systems. They said there was a pre-existing arrangement to sell if the stock price hit $60. But prosecutors said she sold because Baconovic gave her a tip that ImClone CEO Sam Waksal was trying to dump his company stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martha's Last Stand | 7/14/2004 | See Source »

...shake" when he learned of his impending transfer. Saddam's apprehension recalls a comment he made to an Arab leader before the first Gulf War, indicating his sense of how Iraqis felt about him: "If I am killed, there will be no part of me left bigger than the tip of my finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam's Latest Foes | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

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