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journalists Sally Denton and Roger Morris into the founders, finances as well as unholy associations that transformed a dusty desert crossroads into the de facto capital of criminal America. Starting with the city’s mobster godfathers, Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky and their on-site representatives and followers like Texas thug Benny Binion, Denton and Morris expose amazing relationships between organized crime and revered Nevada and national political figures like Pat McCarran, Robert Laxalt, Papa Joe, Jack

Cuba’s Fulgencio Batista was a notoriously corrupt dictator, but he valued Lanksy’s reputation as an honest casino operator. He begged Lansky to remove the shady operators who had cheated tourists out of their money. Lansky, a protégé of Arnold Rothstein, differed from his mentor and several other short-sighted crime bosses. Lansky recognized that it was more profitable in the long run to not cheat your clients, thereby avoiding bad publicity. On the other hand, there was plenty of

Luciano was logged for his first arrest for shoplifting. During the same year, Luciano began a racketing business he offered small jewish children protection. One kid refused to pay so Luciano beat him up the kid (Meyer Lansky) stood his ground and gained respect from Luciano (Sifakis). Meyer and Luciano became best friends after that (Sifakis). It seemed like Luciano could be easily impressed.

The Manufacture of Teen Space on Cruise Ships: An Environment of Autonomous, Aspirational Consumption Cruise ships are cathedrals of consumption in which consumer activity is controlled and encouraged by the enchanting environment constructed (Ritzer, 7). Through an atmosphere of spectacle and grandiosity cruise ships entice spending from passengers. This effect continues throughout all areas of the ship, including space specifically designed for young travelers. Capitalism’s construction of the

other kinds of art. Many literal works are devoted to the description of this overwhelming feeling and its development. However, there is not much told about various challenges and obstacles lovers have to come across. Both the "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer and "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare are great examples of love that is tested by various challenges and complications. There simply is no more commonly quoted or alluded to dramatist or author in the Western world, nor a storyteller with more films

The focus of my I-Search paper is Caribbean cruises, and I chose to write my paper on this topic because of some very exhilarating news my mom told me on a Saturday at around midday. I walked upstairs to find my mom sitting at our dining room table with a pile of money next to her as she was filling out a chart. With a confused look on my face, I asked her what she was doing. She replied, “I’m creating a plan so it will be easier for us to save money for a much-needed vacation.” Still puzzled, I

to go.” Those are the famous words that started it all, The Twilight Saga Phenomenon. The Twilight Saga consists of four novels: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. Stephanie Meyer, author of the popular saga, majored in English literature at Brigham Young University. After graduating in 1997, Meyer chose to be a stay-at-home mother to her three sons. The concept of the whole saga came to her in a dream one night. When she woke up, she took a pen and paper and documented everything that

Is it possible to be unethical but still visionary, and if so, is that acceptable by the norms of society? As a leader, do you define your environment, or do you let your environment define you? Urban Meyer provides a great backdrop to explore the questions that have been posed. Urban Meyer has been a college football head coach for 14 seasons and has amassed a record of 154 wins with only 27 loses, resulting in an 85% winning percentage. (www.sports-reference.com, 2016) The Wall Street Journal

tells a high school love story happens between a human teenage girl and a dashing ‘young’ vampire. Like the Dracula film I analysed earlier, this one is an adaptation from a book with the same title, which is written by the American author Stephenie Meyer. Differing from other vampire films, Twilight (2009) provides “different picture of a vampire” (Létalová, 2014, p. 1). Unlike their vampire “ancestors”, the vampire characters in Twilight (2009) are not afraid of daylight. They will glow and show

When thinking of the word “vampire” most people would think that “the vampire is a dark and ominous creature of the woods of Hungary or Transylvania” (Wilson 577). They would possibly say that the vampires in the stories that they heard of or imagined may live in caves or castles. The vampires may turn into bats and that they drain humans of their blood. Vampires have to invited into a home by an owner and they cannot go anywhere near garlic. If you try to take a picture of them they will not show