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Hoover Dam Las Vegas
1,231 wordsThe construction of Hoover Dam is considered to be one of Americas finest engineering achievements. However the dam that rose from the floor of Black Canyon was not only a structural accomplishment, it was a proposition firmly rooted in practicalities. The necessity of such a dam had been obvious for more than two decades. The Colorado Rivers cycles of drought and flood in the American southwest incapacitated the growth of the agricultural industry. It was felt that a dam that could control the ...
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Skin Color Average Person
1,226 wordsWhat do you think of when you hear the word hacker -- a leather-clad, mohammed, teenager with a malicious grin on his face just itching to destroy your computer? This is what the average person will picture in their head, but they fail to truly understand what it is that hackers do, and how it can actually be helpful to them. The reason this stereotype of hackers has not gone away is because the media shows only the bad. If a hacker has been stealing credit card numbers CNN reports it instantly,...
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Legalized Gambling Las Vegas
1,161 wordsHave you ever wagered on a game? If so you were gambling and should have been fined. Gambling should be legalized in the state of Florida. The lawmakers, who have decided that it is evil for you and me to gamble, have justified it as a means to scam billions from citizens in order to compensate for their mismanagement of tax money. First they waste what they collect in taxes and then recover the wasted billions with gambling scams to get more, much more. Adding insult to injury, they pass laws t...
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Las Vegas Educational Programs
1,042 wordsThe Alabama Lottery is a much-debated issue. The lottery is a proven historical income producing system. While we do not entertain a state lottery, our Alabama money flows to those states embracing one. Most states enjoying a lottery system fuel their educational programs from revenue created by their lottery. Alabama cannot afford to upgrade their current educational system, although rated among the worst in the nation. Many refute adoption of a state lottery because it is gambling yet embrace ...
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Legitimate Businesses Mafia Organization People
1,190 wordsThe Mafia started early in the 9 th century. This was the period in which the Arab forces occupied Sicily. Sicilians needed a place to escape to. The word Mafia means refuge in Arab language. The Normans invaded a Sicily in the 11 th century. Once again they were forced to work for these invaders as slaves. The only way to escape this was to hide in the hills of the island. When Sicily was invaded the refuges were pursued just as every time that they had been invaded before. These people in the ...
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Las Vegas Baseball Games
934 wordsIt was late in the evening. There was a man sitting in a chair and flipping channels eagerly between two baseball games on TV. The man's name was Les Sutton. He was a towering man standing 6 ' 3 ." He was built, worked out a lot and looked like someone not to meet in a dark alley. Les was a detective. His skills of deduction were brilliant. He also had an assistant. Les's long time pal and partner's name was Jason Mesh. Jason was also very tall but he was more lanky, built more like a basketball...
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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
743 wordsThe story begins abruptly, as we find our mock heroes out in the desert en route to the savvy resort of Las Vegas. The author uses a tense hitchhiker as a mode, or an excuse, for a flashback that exposes the plot. An uncertain character picked up in the middle of the desert who Raoul Duke, the main character, feels the need to explain things to, to help him rest easy. They had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full ...
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Spend The Night Gas Station
1,349 wordsPrior to moving to Arizona from Switzerland two years ago, I have spent almost all of my vacation time from 1987 - 1992 (thanks to 6 weeks vacation time per year and airline benefits) visiting the U. S. A. and taking extensive road trips across the country. I followed the same pattern each time, choosing a bunch of cities from a Rand McNally atlas that are less than a day's drive apart, arranging for a rental car and finding the motels and attractions as I went along. Many great memories, impres...
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Las Vegas Motion Picture
877 wordsNew attraction will change the face of thrill ride history and become one of the worlds greatest adventure rides, inspired by Paramount Pictures blockbuster film event, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider starring Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie Kings Island, Ohio Youve played the games. Youve seen the movie. Soon, you can take the ride. Paramount Parks, a unit of the Viacom Entertainment Group, announced today plans to transform this summers epic adventure, Paramount Pictures Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, i...
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The Life And Music Of Tupac Shakur
1,006 wordsWhat does it take to be an icon of the 21 st century? An icon is a symbol representing what a person did to be admired by many people and achieved many things rarely an ordinary person can do. I would consider Tupac to be an icon of the 21 st century because he became a living symbol of his generations to many hip-hop and rap fans all over the world. He was the son of Agent Shakur and Billy Garland. At his teens, his family moved to Baltimore, MD. He attended The Baltimore School for the Perform...
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One Million Dollars Hundred Thousand
881 wordsCertainly there is no doubt that wedding is one of the happiest days in the life of a person. This day is very special and couple remembers it for a long time. As the result, people are willing to spend a lot of money on this procedure in order to make this day really unforgettable and different. However, from one hand after the winning of four million dollars in the lottery it would not be a good way to spend all the money on wedding. From another hand, what is money? You accidentally won them ...
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Las Vegas Space Exploration
1,002 wordsShoot For the Stars It seems that those, who love extreme and adventures, finally have a chance not only to settle into orbit being the guests on private space ships, but also to be guests in a real space hotel. Their dreams may come true due to Robert Bigelow, a well-known magnate from Los Angeles, who made a $ 500 million bet that not later than in 2015 his space hotel will open its doors and meet the first guests. Be it as it may, but the latest events show that the billionaire didnt joke. Th...
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Rio De Janeiro Doors Opened
795 wordsEuro Disney opened in April of 1992, and was expected to be the biggest attraction in France. So what happened? Were the French not into Mickey Mouse, or were they not willing to adapt to American culture? Or were it the wrong expectations of the investors? Many reasons contributed to the initial failure of Disney, and it seems Disney underestimated their influence and popularity outside of the United States. The Europeans, mainly the French, were not eager to pay $ 280 on a day at the park, swo...
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One Million Dollars Monte Carlo
1,561 wordsDeluxe Wedding Certainly there is no doubt that wedding is one of the happiest days in the life of a person. This day is very special and couple remembers it for a long time. As the result, people are willing to spend a lot of money on this procedure in order to make this day really unforgettable and different. However, from one hand after the winning of four million dollars in the lottery it would not be a good way to spend all the money on wedding. From another hand, what is money? You acciden...
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Age Of Innocence Martin Scorsese
1,739 words... theme by Martin Scorsese. According to () has done more to demythologize organized crime than any other major contemporary film, while cementing its makers reputation as, arguably, Americas greatest director still living and working at the end of the twentieth century. GoodFellas was based on Nicholas Pileggis 1985 bestseller, Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family, which recounted the true story of Henry Hill. A low-level mobster who rose up through the ranks, Hill was involved in the biggest cash...
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Burial Chamber Lord Carnarvon
1,327 wordsThe pyramids of Pyramids Pyramids The pyramids of Egypt are the last remaining Wonder of the World. Even in the days of Ancient Egypt when powerful pharaohs ruled over Egypt the pyramids were considered a wonder. Today, the ruins of 35 pyramids still stand near the Nile River in Egypt. These pyramids were built to protect the bodies of Egyptian kings and other royalty but before the pyramids became the standard for burials, tombs were used for Egypt's early rulers, nobles, and other high ranking...
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Year Old Boy Catcher In The Rye
966 wordsIn this book, the main character, Holden Mc Field, tells the story about what happened during his Summer vacation. Holden is a sixteen-year-old boy who has flunked out of a private prep school. Because he is afraid that his parents would find out this fact, he goes to a hotel in Las Vegas instead of going home after he leaves school for Summer vacation. In Las Vegas, many things happen to him within a few weeks. For example, he goes to the hotel bar and meets two women after he first arrives the...
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Sing Sing Ive Heard
1,048 wordsb. March 15, 1916, Albany, Georgia, USA. d. July 5, 1983, Las Vegas. Harry James father Everette James, was a trumpeter and led a circus band with the Mighty Haag Circus. His mother Maybelle, was a trapeze artist with the circus. Harry began playing the drums when he was four and began playing trumpet when he was eight. He joined the circus band the next year and was leading it by the time he was twelve. Then their family moved to Beaumont Texas, and at 15 Harry James began playing in local danc...
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Secret Society Las Vegas
1,428 wordsHistory of the Mafia The origins of the secret society known as the Mafia are believed to be as old as the 9 th century. During that period the island of Sicily was occupied by Arab forces. The original inhabitants were oppressed, and needed places of refuge to escape to. The word Mafia means refuge in Arabic. When the Normans invaded Sicily in the 11 th century, the native tribes were once again oppressed and forced into labor on the large estates their rulers created. Once again, the only way ...
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Victimless Crime Violent Crimes
1,335 wordsWhat is prostitution? Prostitution is the After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. This is from section one of the eighteenth amendment of the constitution, making alcohol illegal in the United States. To this day it is still the only am...
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