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roulette
roulette Game of chance in which people gamble on which of 37 numbered slots (38 in the USA) in a spinning wheel a small white ball will end up in when the wheel stops. Gamblers place their bets on a table marked out with the numbers. The bank wins all stakes if the ball stops on 0 (and 00 in the USA).
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Slidin' Clyde serves up a helping of blues.(radio's most active)(The Slidin' Clyde Roulette Band's Let's Take A Ride)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 4/1/2007; 236 words
; ...just from listening to Slidin' Clyde Roulette Band's album, Let's Take A Ride. Most...toe tapping and your head bobbing, but Roulette has thrown in a couple of songs that...of this album has a real bluesy feel, Roulette has also incorporated a rock and roll...
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Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods.
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review; 3/1/2008; ; 368 words
; Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically...Jeffrey Smith's recent book, Genetic Roulette. Smith follows his previous #1 best-selling...referenced text on the same subject. Genetic Roulette is divided into four parts: Part I gives...
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Genetic Roulette.(Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 8/1/2007; 96 words
; Genetic Roulette Jeffrey M. Smith YES! Books Box 469...27.95 www.chelseagreen.com GENETIC ROULETTE: THE DOCUMENTED HEALTH RISKS OF GENETICALLY...and overall health concerns, GENETIC ROULETTE is a unique reference not to be missed...
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American roulette.(Century marks)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 7/10/2007; 113 words
; AMERICAN ROULETTE: The fate of inmates on death row rests more on sheer luck and politics than the merits of their cases, according to a study by...
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Judicial Roulette: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Judicial Selection.
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 11/1/1988; ; 700+ words
; Judicial Roulette: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Judicial Selection. David M. O'Brien. Priority Press, $9.95. The story is familiar...
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Professionals Can Help Hedge Bets in 'Audit Roulette'.
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 7/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...you may have already played a small-stakes version of audit roulette, in which you consider the likelihood of being audited against...aggressive tax positions. For some time now, high-stakes tax audit roulette has been packaged and sold to business owners, executives and...
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Playing roulette with hazardous waste.
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 10/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; You're you playing roulette with Your hazardous waste? If you are betting that you won't be caught or that the fines will only be a few thousand dollars, you...
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VIDEO: Egg Roulette World Championship - who will be splattered?
Newspaper article from: Grantham Journal & Citizen (Grantham, England); 7/8/2008; 106 words
; Tuesday, 3pm - RUSSIAN Egg Roulette World Champion, Opal Uptonbrooker, put her title on the line today (Tuesday) against Journal reporter Neil 'Durham Destroyer' Graham...
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Rate Roulette.(postal rates)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Non-profit Times; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; What's going on with postal rates? It's like spinning the roulette wheel and trying to guess the winning (or losing) number as the wheel picks up speed. Round and round it goes, where it stops...
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Teen dies playing Russian roulette.(Crime)(Brownsville: There was no indication that the 18-year-old was suicidal, police say.)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/25/2002; 247 words
; ...BROWNSVILLE - A Brownsville teen-ager died early Thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a game of Russian roulette, the sheriff said. Troy Wayne Manning, 18, placed a single bullet in the chamber of a .38-caliber revolver he had recently...
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roulette
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
roulette. A tool used in certain printmaking techniques, consisting...popular at the time. However, the first known use of a roulette was by Ludwig von Siegen , the inventor of mezzotint...dates from 1642) shows that he roughened the plate with a roulette rather than the rocker that later became standard. ...
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Russian roulette
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Rus·sian rou·lette • n. the practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one's own head. ∎ fig. an activity that is potentially very dangerous.
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Gaming
Book article from: Mathematics
...meet the interests of their clientele. Blackjack, roulette, baccarat, and craps are among the popular games...casino gambling, consider the chances of winning in roulette and blackjack. Roulette The simplest of casino games to analyze from the...
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matting wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
matting wheel. See roulette .
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chalk roll
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
chalk roll. See roulette .
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