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1. Dime Novels -- Authors
   Simultaneous with its period of explosive growth, Chicago began to appear in dime novels starting in the 1870s, when stories focusing on detective heroes and urban crime became popular. As these new types of stories appeared, the price for some series fell (many sold for a nickel) and the format changed, with many novels being printed on larger paper. The new interest in city tales, combined with the continuing appeal of Westerns, made Chicago a popular setting for stories shifting between the East and West, as in Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s Chase across the Continent; or, A Race for a Ruthless Rogue (1889) and Belle Boyd, The Girl Detective: A Story of Chicago and the West (1891). The city's affluence, and the crime that accompanied it, made Chicago an appealing setting for detective stories such as Lion Heart Lee, the Lakeside Detective; or, Saved by the Skin of His Teeth (1891). Real events often appeared in dime novels, as in The Red Flag; or, The Anarchists of Chicago, which revolves around the Haymarket and McCormick Reaper Works riots of 1886. No Chicago event proved more fertile for dime novel authors than the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
2. Gaming -- Gaming Company
   A key ingredient for Boyd Gaming's success is -- or was -- stardust. One of the country's leading casino operators, Boyd demolished the iconic Stardust Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in 2007 to make way for a new development, Echelon Place, which is set to open in 2010. The company's 16 properties include locations in Las Vegas, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and together have some 23,000 slot machines and 500 table games; the casinos typically feature multiple restaurants, lounges, and showrooms. Boyd ... owns Coast Casino, as well as 50% of Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino with MGM MIRAGE. Chairman and CEO William S. Boyd and his family own 36% of Boyd Gaming.
3. Las Vegas Casino
   John C. Frémont traveled into the Las Vegas Valley on May 3, 1844, while it was still part of Mexico. He was a leader of a group of scientists, scouts and observers for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On May 10, 1855, following annexation by the United States, Brigham Young assigned 30 missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the Paiute Indian population to Mormonism. A fort was built near the current downtown area, serving as a stopover for travelers along the "Mormon Corridor" between Salt Lake and the briefly thriving colony of "saints" at San Bernardino, California. Las Vegas was established as a railroad town on May 15, 1905, when 110 acres (44.5 ha) owned by Montana Senator William A. Clark's San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, was auctioned off in what is now downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas was part of Lincoln County until 1909 when it became part of the newly established Clark County.
4. Alida Valli
   From All Movie Guide: Born in Italy, Alida Valli (often billed simply as Valli) was the daughter of an Austrian journalist. Possessed of a haunting beauty even at an early age, Valli began her European film career when she was 15, after brief formal training. Though few of her Italian starring films have stood the test of time, she remained popular throughout the early 1940s. When she refused to make any more films for Italy's fascist regime, she had to virtually go into hiding to avoid arrest and execution (ironically, her mother was shot as a collaborator by anti-fascists in 1945). After the war, Valli and her then-husband, composer Oscar de Mejo, came to Hollywood at the invitation of producer David O. Selznick. Signed to a contract, she spent most of her Selznick years on loanouts, starring in such trivialities as Miracle of the Bells (1947).
5. Poker Room -- Games
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6. Eric Clapton -- Albums
   Eric Clapton collaborated with many artists and groups over the years-too many to mention. He continued his solo albums through the 1980s and in 1989 his resurgence came full circle with "Journeyman". The 1990s brought many more albums as well as tragedy. His son Conor died in 1991 after falling from a 53rd story window-Clapton's grief was revealed in "Tears of Heaven" and it received a Grammy Award. Clapton finished the 90's with collaborations with Carlos Santana and B.B. King.
7. The Birds
   The Birds were one of the hard-luck outfits in the annals of '60s British rock. By reputation, they were one of the top rb-based outfits in England during the mid-1960's, with a sound as hard and appealing as the Who, the Yardbirds or the Small Faces. In contrast to a lot of other acts that never charted a hit, the Birds are remembered slightly by some serious fans, and are mentioned in several history books-but for entirely the wrong reasons.
8. Clifton Webb
   Clifton Webb is an African American New Orleans-based artist with thirty years of exhibitions, both local and national. He has over thirty years of national and local recognition. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He has ... exhibited at the Arthur Roger Gallery. He is co-founder of the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center and exhibited at the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair. He has exhibited at the Atlanta Arts Festival, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Chattanooga Museum of Afro-American Culture and History the Alternatives Museum and Max Hutchinson Gallery (So Ho) in New York City.
9. Jerry Maguire (1996) -- Tom Cruise
   Combining drama, comedy, and romance, Jerry Maguire was a critical and commercial success built on an original script by writer/director Cameron Crowe and an Oscar-nominated performance by Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is an agent with a major sports management firm. He's enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him. But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there's something wrong with what he's doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with the son of an injured athlete he represents, Jerry has a serious crisis of conscience. In the midst of a sleepless night, Jerry writes a memo calling on himself and his colleagues to think more about the long-term welfare of the clients they represent and less about immediate profits. While everyone around him applauds the sentiment, Jerry's superiors think his ideas are bad for business; Jerry is fired, and, rather than standing in solidarity with him, his "friends" in the firm scramble like sharks to claim Jerry's clients.

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