I found no difficulty in obtaining admission to the Navarre's long gambling room, where I piked by placing two-bit bets on the numbered roulette board.

Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.

Even Democratic hopeful Joe Biden, whose mouth churns up huge yardage every time he answers a question the long way around, hasn't beclowned himself, to borrow a word much beloved in the conservative blogosphere.

They all went downtown to take a gander at the new shops that had opened there.