Rooms in Vegas are microcosms of national television audiences — people from all over the country, looking to be entertained in a relatively unchallenging way.
"Americans profess a love of choice, rooted in a belief that we're all cowboys out on the western plain," says Leland Westerfield at UBS Warburg, "but the viewing patterns show that, in practice, we want to be entertained in a community fashion".This has several implications.
At least Darlington's two-goal lead means the second leg is unlikely to possess the same intensity as here, where a crowd of 6,995 - three times the average - was entertained in a vibrant manner that should tempt back a number of the irregulars next season, even if Hartlepool stay down.
Guests were entertained in a finely decorated dining room (triclinium), often with a view of the peristyle garden.
People want to be entertained in a mindless way, just like people want a simple piece of furniture to sit on.
In the absence of laboratory facilities, a strong suspicion of HIV seropositivity should be entertained in a child with SAM who has 3 or more of the following clinical features; prolonged fever, cough and diarrhoea; oral thrush and generalised lymphadenopathy.
Also, the possibility of occult HIV infection should be entertained in a young person with an unusual clinical presentation (e.g. subconjunctival hemorrhage), as KS may mimic common lesions and represent the initial presenting sign of AIDS.
The youngest children are entertained in an Ofsted-accredited nursery filled with toys, while teenagers can make use of a state-of-the-art recording studio in the basement.
Entering this Upper West Side restaurant, just off Columbus Avenue and among the brownstones, feels something like being entertained in the home of a wealthy, extremely solicitous host.
