More recently, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, `` admitted '' to a news conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, that the US might fall behind Russia ( he apparently meant in weapons development ) if the Soviets continue to test in the atmosphere while we abstain.

Charlie Marble was back and forth on several occasions, first to confer with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las Vegas engagement -- they decided it was wise -- and later to announce that a prominent comedian, also an agency client, had agreed to fill the casino's open date.

And Graham wanted money probably to roam among the dice tables in Las Vegas.

In the past, the men and women have chartered planes to Las Vegas and Jamaica, buses to Mineral Wells and Kerrville and private railway coaches to Shreveport and Galveston.

Andre Kirk Agassi (; born April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada ) is a retired American professional tennis player and former World No. 1, who was one of the game's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s.

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It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles ( 133 km ) north-northwest of Las Vegas.

In September 2011, Bombay Sapphire East was launched in test markets in New York and Las Vegas, USA.

While he did well in Las Vegas and other areas, and made records for the Kapp Records label, he was largely a forgotten figure — even though inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968.

specials in August 1991 and January 1992, both from Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Strip is renowned for its high concentration of casino resort hotels.

However, in 1931, gambling was legalized throughout the state of Nevada, along with Las Vegas and Reno.

An example may be Paul Verhoeven's big budgeted, highly sexualized Showgirls ( 1995 ), initially intended to be a drama film about the rise of a Las Vegas stripper, that flopped both critically and commercially when released theatrically ; afterward, it enjoyed success on the home video market, generating more than $ 100 million from video rentals.

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The Las Vegas Strip World of Coca-Cola museum in 2003

Russell T Davies was briefly a storyliner on the programme in the mid-1990s, also writing the script for the direct-to-video special " Viva Las Vegas!

Jones ' life and legacy were celebrated January 12, 2012 with the official grand opening of The Chuck Jones Experience at Circus Circus Las Vegas.

Earnhardt's team was re-christened as the No. 29 team, with the same sponsor but with a new look ( a reversed color scheme-white with black numerals and a black stripe on the bottom ) for the following races at Rockingham and Las Vegas.

* Las Vegas, the 3rd race of the 2001 season, was noted for the fact that Mike Skinner, Earnhardt's teammate at Richard Childress Racing, took over Earnhardt's slot in the No Bull 5 million dollar eligibility for this race since Earnhardt had qualified for the No Bull 5 prize after his final victory in the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega.

Some have found difficulty reconciling this claim when Biafra also licensed to major corporations, approving with the other band members use of Dead Kennedys ’ songs in major studio film releases such as Neighbors, Freddy Got Fingered, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

* 1989 – Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran complete their trilogy of boxing fights nine years after their first two fights, at the opening of the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada ; Leonard retains his WBC world Super Middleweight title by a 12 round unanimous decision.

His first marriage was to Ellie Graham on August 23, 1958 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Cirque du Soleil show Mystère in Las Vegas, Nevada, features taiko drumming.

Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in one single county, Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas – Paradise metropolitan area, where the state's three largest incorporated cities are located.

The vast majority of Nevada's population lives in counties where all forms of prostitution are illegal, namely Clark ( which contains Las Vegas ), Washoe ( which contains Reno ), Douglas, and Lincoln counties, and Carson City ( an independent city ).

It is home to the University of Nevada School of Medicine, with campuses in both of Nevada's major urban centers, Las Vegas and Reno, and a health network that extends to much of rural Nevada.

In 1994, Ensign won the Republican nomination for Nevada's 1st congressional district, based in Las Vegas.

In August 2008, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported " Officials there are considering more drastic reductions as the newbie in Nevada's higher education system faces the prospect of more state-mandated budget cuts.

This 730-bed hospital is located in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada's town of Winchester.

In 1968, he was Honorary Chairman of the Las Vegas International Exposition of Flight, a major show that utilized most facets of the city ’ s entertainment industry while presenting a major air show.

Las Casas, however, lost most of his fleet in a series of storms along the coast of Belize and Honduras.

Control of the clan's fortune alternates among the family members, who spend most of their inactive time in cryonic preservation inside Villa Straylight, a labyrinthine mansion located at one end of Freeside, a cylindrical space habitat located at L5, and functioning primarily as a Las Vegas-style space resort for the wealthy.

Thompson would first publish his most famous work Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas within the pages of Rolling Stone, where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005.

The most important port and harbours are Algeciras, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao others: Cádiz, Cartagena, Ceuta, Huelva, A Coruña, Las Palmas, Málaga, Melilla, Gijón, Palma de Mallorca, Saguntum, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Cristianos ( Tenerife ), Santander, Tarragona, Vigo, Motril, Almería, Seville, Castellón de la Plana, Alicante, Pasaia, Avilés, and Ferrol.

Arguably the most famous locales in Spain are Santa Cruz, Las Palmas, Sitges, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Tarragona, Solsona, Cádiz, Badajoz, Bielsa ( an ancestral Carnival celebration ), Plan, San Juan de Plan, Laza, Verín, Viana and Xinzo de Limia.

The capture of Toledo in 1085 added New Castile to the crown's territories, and the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ( 1212 ) heralded the Muslim loss of most of southern Spain.

Las Vegas () is the most populous city in the U. S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County.

A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Las Vegas 25th most walkable of fifty largest U. S. cities.

Wilson's theories have been used to justify the implementation of zero tolerance policies by many prominent American mayors, most notably Oscar Goodman in Las Vegas, Richard Riordan in Los Angeles, Rudolph Giuliani in New York City and Gavin Newsom in San Francisco.

The Las Vegas Strip, home to most of the hotel-casinos known to many around the world, is located not within the City of Las Vegas, but in unincorporated Paradise.

The most famous of these was a studio in 1968 in which Venturi and Scott Brown, together with Steven Izenour, led a team of students to document and analyze the Las Vegas Strip, perhaps the least likely subject for a serious research project imaginable.

In addition, the country had to fight multiple battles with Haiti ; the Battle of March 19, Battle of March 30, Battle of Las Carreras, and Battle of Beler, are a few of the most prominent encounters, mentioned in the national anthem and with city streets named after them.

When adding in the municipalities of Alcantarilla, Alguazas, Beniel, Molina de Segura, Santomera, and Las Torres de Cotillas, the metropolitan area has 564, 036 inhabitants making it the twelfth most populous metropolitan area in Spain.

The world's most powerful searchlight today beams from the top of the pyramid-shaped Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas.

Pablo Picasso presented the most durable homages to Velázquez in 1957 when he recreated Las Meninas in 58 variations, in his characteristically cubist form.

Also notable is the Sanctuary of Las Nazarenas, the point of origin for the Lord of Miracles, whose festivities in the month of October constitute the most important religious event in Lima, and a major one of Peru.

A number of other festivals operate around the world, most prominently The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, the New York Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy and Film Festival, the New York Underground Film Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival, and the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland.

The most severely burned, including some of the firefighters, were airlifted to hospitals in Las Vegas and Phoenix.

The Iron King became the most productive mine in the Bradshaws, and produced $ 100 million in gold, silver, lead and zinc before its closure in 1968 L. Spude, Central Arizona Ghost Towns ( Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1978 ).

Las Plumas High School is located in South Oroville, and most high school students go to school there.

Paradise contains McCarran International Airport, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and most of the Las Vegas Strip, including well-known hotels such as Caesars Palace, the Bellagio, and the MGM Grand.