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Examples
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Cheong Kam Ka/Xinhua/Zumapress.com A woman in costume had her hair styled on Tuesday during a parade of performances to celebrate the 12th anniversary of Macao's return to China.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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Treasury's freezing of $25 million of North Korean funds at Macao's Banco Delta Asia in 2005 put enormous pressure on Pyongyang, though the Bush Administration was too quick to squander it when the North offered to participate in the six party talks.
An Act of Extortion 2010
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An early arrival, Adelson is better positioned than Wynn to benefit from Macao's reincarnation from a seedy gaming enclave better known as a violent playground for organized crime to a tourist resort catering to the type of family leisure that has remade Las Vegas.
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U.S. casino interests and capital have increased the special administrative region's capacity for tourists, shifting Macao's focus from high rollers to the mass consumer.
Asia's Casino Boom Oxford Analytica 2006
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To lengthen his lead over competitors, Adelson is also counting on the success of an ambitious scheme in diverting tourists from Macao's cramped small city center into a mega resort-cum-gaming project on a reclaimed land, the Cotai Strip, scheduled to open in the middle of 2007.
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The hydrofoil cut power, slowly sinking back into the grayish-green sea, making its way toward Macao's busy docks Filled with milling people.
Heart Of The Tiger McKenna, Lindsay 1990
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Then, as now, Mata was almost a wraith, a mysterious presence who moved in and out of Macao's government spheres as he wished, always in the background, hardly seen, barely known, a strange Asian who came and went at whim, gathered what he liked, harvesting unbelievable riches as and when it pleased him.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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Then, as now, Mata was almost a wraith, a mysterious presence who moved in and out of Macao's government spheres as he wished, always in the background, hardly seen, barely known, a strange Asian who came and went at whim, gathered what he liked, harvesting unbelievable riches as and when it pleased him.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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His secret partners were Lando Mata and Tightfist Tung, major shareholders of Macao's gambling and gold syndicate, along with Smuggler Mo, who had helped him form and finance the Ho-Pak ten years ago.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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His secret partners were Lando Mata and Tightfist Tung, major shareholders of Macao's gambling and gold syndicate, along with Smuggler Mo, who had helped him form and finance the Ho-Pak ten years ago.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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