MGM sold off Treasure Island at a bargain price: Phil Ruffin, the buyer, paid the equivalent of $225, 000 for each room on the property; CityCenter's rooms cost about $1.5 million each to build.

米高梅贱卖了财富岛，购买人菲利普·鲁芬以每个房间大约22.5万美元的价格买下了它。 城市中心的房间价格大约是150万美元每间。

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Ruffin says one goal of this project has already been accomplished in that the condemned men are no longer just names and numbers.

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But none of the condemned women responded, much to Ruffin's disappointment.

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The idea for the book on death row originated with Sam Houston State University English Professor Paul Ruffin, who teaches a class in which students develop a book from inception to printing.

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Ruffin wants to make over his New Frontier casino in a San Francisco motif.

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Gamblers need another two years before they return in force, Ruffin says.

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Host Mark Ruffin of Sirius XM recalled the dignity displayed by the African-American bassist as the Brubeck quartet challenged racial segregation in the 1950s.

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