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Native American once lived, Las Vegas had an identity crisis. It built theme parks, believing that if its vices had become acceptable, it might as well be a peddler of family-friendly activities. And it stumbled. Because what Vegas hadn't understood is that, compared with even the most worn-out vices, like keno and showgirls, roller coasters bite. So now Vegas has reinvented itself again, returning to vice but sanitizing it by creating the biggest, nicest place to sin ever imagined, a Sodom and Gomorrah without the guilt. People come to Vegas not to do what they...
...ground where a Native American once lived, Las Vegas had an identity crisis. It built theme parks,believing that if its vices had become acceptable, it might as well turn family-friendly. And it stumbled. Because what Vegas hadn't understood is that, compared with even the most worn-out vices, like keno and showgirls, roller coasters bite. So now Vegas has reinvented itself again, returning to vice but sanitizing it by creating the biggest, nicest place to sin ever imagined, a Sodom and Gomorrah without the guilt. The town's logo, "What happens here, stays here," is complete camp...
...wanted to lead an army, Joe Trippi wouldn't be the first person you'd think of to run it. Maybe it is his style, or lack of it. He would shuffle about in worn-out shoes, wrinkled pants and ensembles that never matched, armed at all times with a Diet Coke and a vocal, if rambling, opinion. Howard Dean's campaign manager doesn't seem to go an hour without talking to a reporter, and for weeks wore a microphone around-the-clock for a documentary on him that was scheduled to air on CNN this spring...
...world. That's a tall order for a military that can barely handle the one conflict it's already fighting on its own soil. At the conference, Putin unveiled plans to dust off and deploy SS-19 missiles, known to NATO as "Stilettos" since 1980, to replace Russia's worn-out land-based strategic nuclear arsenal. "I'm speaking here about the most menacing missiles - with hundreds of warheads," he said. "Their capability to overcome any anti-missile defense is unrivaled." Should the world worry? No, says Pikayev. This saber rattling is meant mostly for domestic consumption ahead of December...
...women and men of your generation to reinvent capitalism in ways that meet the needs of today’s new individuals. Our era of disruptive capitalism will create opportunities for outsiders, mavericks and visionaries. The time is ripe for leadership from a new generation willing to question the worn-out answers of its fathers. Your innovations will be the engines of wealth creation that fuel the global economy of the twenty-first century. If you are successful, it will be a more prosperous century than the last—as measured in cash as well as in the quality...