This wild side of paradise: be careful if you visit Fort Lauderdale. You may never leave
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Fort Lauderdale, FL, is where people flee to, escaping family, debts, a bad reputation, or other problems. Here they start their lives anew, they way they had wanted to live them. Fort Lauderdale has a much different atmosphere than Miami, only 37 miles to the south.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1997
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Wilt in winter
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Wilt Chamberlain, now 60, is the greatest basketball player that had ever played in the NBA. Wilt has also been called the world's greatest 'loser' because of his obsessive compulsion to excel, and he openly flaunts his wealth, fame, and conquests of women.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1997
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Puff daddy
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Robert Levin went into his family's cigar business when he was 26 and it has become a public company listed on the Nasdaq. Levin's company makes its own cigars in conjunction with an established Cuban firm.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1998
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