Word: walking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spell is sustained by the tacit bargain between casinos and gamblers -- limitless consolation in the form of drinks and obsequiousness for money lost. "You don't see Rockefellers gambling down here," says Brown. "They have to feel like a big shot. When they walk in, we know their name, and that's the biggest thing we do for them." For most players, however, gambling is simply a thrilling adventure on the edge of willpower -- risk taking at its safest, with fantasy and freebies thrown in. "Atlantic City is a better break than Wall Street, and you can put the money...
...meet time and distraction and still care for me as much? I believe you will. I firmly believe it will make no difference to me. Oh my dear, what a joy it is to feel the inner chambers of one's soul open for the other to walk in and out at will...
...Just Walk Away" Rene Gonzales...
...There was something missing today," Reilly said. "We were really waiting for the game to be over--we were lucky to walk away with...
...nonviolent alternative to armed struggle has also failed to break apartheid. The M.D.M. stages isolated events in its "defiance campaign" but has been unable to put together a sustained strategy of mass civil disobedience that could successfully challenge the government's power. If thousands of blacks staged sit-ins, walk-ins and swim-ins at segregated institutions every day for months, the system could crack under the strain...