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.

* 702: 889-4579 Las Vegas, NV ( Embarq )

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.

Temperatures are from 20 to 30 ° F lower than in Las Vegas, making it a popular place for Las Vegans to escape the heat.

Alvear attacked them without warning at Las Piedras, but Artigas managed to escape from the trap.

When Salvatore Leone ( Frank Vincent ) comes to Las Venturas to take over all of Caligula's for himself he takes Rosenburg, Kent Paul, and Maccer hostage, but Carl helps them escape under the guise of helping Salvatore.

Once again to escape police attention, Rosenthal moved to Las Vegas in 1968.

With his wife's health deteriorating, and Presley's career struggling, Parker found an escape at the Las Vegas casinos.

It was during his reporting for the Salazar story that Thompson and Acosta took a road trip to Las Vegas in order to escape the pressure of Los Angeles and to find a place where Acosta could discuss the case openly, without fear of retaliation from either the police or Chicanos who might see him as cooperating with the Establishment.

They fail to escape the casino, and are literally forced out of the state before being told that they are not welcome in Las Vegas again.

In 1970, he made another TV special: Gene Kelly and 50 Girls and was invited to bring the show to Las Vegas, Nevada, which he duly did for an eight-week stint – on condition he be paid more than any artist had hitherto been paid there.

Over the years the spring has been used by Native Americans, the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad from 1906 – 1919, and later as an artist colony.

* Franck de Las Mercedes ( born 1972 ), postmodern artist.

Las Meninas ( Spanish for The Maids of Honour ) is a 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

In 1879 John Singer Sargent painted a small-scale copy of Las Meninas, and in 1882 painted a homage to the painting in his The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, while the Irish artist Sir John Lavery chose Velázquez's masterpiece as the basis for his portrait The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, 1913.

In 2004, the video artist Eve Sussman filmed 89 Seconds at Alcázar, a high-definition video tableau inspired by Las Meninas.

* Hilda Parra ( 1914-1975 )-Folklorist artist, toured with Violeta as " Las Hermanas Parra "

In 1982, he married Vera Novak artist / writer in Las Vegas, Nevada.

* An image of Fin Fang Foom – based on the character's depiction in the Viva Las Vegas comic series but created specially for the film by artist Adi Granov – makes a brief appearance as an easter egg in the 2008 live-action motion picture Iron Man.

Nicks was a faculty member / resident artist at Connecticut College ( American Dance Festival ), University of Maryland, Bard College, Duke University ( 1991 ), and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( 1992 – 94 ).

Velazquez's most famous painting, however, is the celebrated Las Meninas, in which the artist includes himself as one of the subjects.

The second figure, wearing red, is presumably the artist although, unlike Velázquez in Las Meninas, he does not seem to be painting.

The Memorial was designed and sculpted by Las Cruces artist Kelley Hester and is located in Veterans Park along Roadrunner Parkway in New Mexico.

After early work as a gay stripper, John Sex became an alternative performance artist, creating a character based on an exaggerated, cheesy Las Vegas lounge singer / MC.

Rap artist Tupac Shakur attended the fight and shortly after was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada.

Upon joining the Thrillers, Reno's character was expanded to a shootfighting martial artist who fought in Las Vegas's " underground fighting leagues " complete with a queue ponytail, all of which was based on his legitimate training as a kickboxer.

The twenty foot long revision of their original 1997 ‘ Forever ’ is inextricably linked to the artist ’ s earlier trips to Las Vegas, playing with the traditional connotations of the word, as the constantly flashing lights reinforce the idea of ‘ forever ’.

It provides a meaningful parallel with Las Meninas, a masterpiece by an artist Manet admired, Diego Velazquez.

* Actor / recording artist Susan Anton, known for her work in film ( Cannonball Run II ) and television ( Baywatch ) appeared in the Las Vegas cast in the winter of 2010-11.