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...heading into a glut of 127,000 hotel rooms--up a scary 20% from the current level. That's one reason gaming stocks such as Mirage's have lost one-third to one-half of their value in the past year. The weakening global economy is also taking its toll. The high rollers from Asia, the focus of a lot of attention, are nursing their bank accounts. At the Mirage and MGM Grand, both popular with the big-money crowd, second-quarter earnings were down 31% and 56% respectively...
Gilchrist stresses, however, that he is definitely not a professional. "I don't intend to make a career out of it. Harvard doesn't train well for it anyway." The rigors of academia have certainly begun to take its toll on the wunderkid. He adds," When my roommate came to visit me this summer, we decided to play mini-golf. I was losing through the ninth hole." No longer burdened by the celebrity appearances, lucrative commercial endorsements and high-profile talk show guest shots, Gilchrist affirms that for now, mini-golf is but "a relaxing waste of time...
...Randomization has taken a toll on House life, but I don't think we should focus on a total overhaul of the system," said newly-elected House Life Committee member Trevor S. Blake '00. "We should try to make the Houses the center of social life again...
...beginning of November, women will be able to call a toll-free number to obtain information or set up appointments for a wide variety of clinical services at a single site, a service the center calls "one-stop shopping...
...G.O.P. spectacle even more revolting, and sooner or later he is going to have to decide whether there are grounds for impeachment. Then House Speaker Gingrich will have to decide whether to schedule a vote, cut a deal or just stall for more time. Party elders have seen the toll taken in the past month and don't like the looks of the future. As one of them put it last week, "We hold all the cards, and we are losing...