(1) The main findings were that, as measured on the ARCI, "simulated winning at gambling" produced a euphoria similar to the euphoria induced by the psychoactive drugs of abuse, particularly psychomotor stimulants; secondly, that as a group, the pathological gamblers, demonstrated elevated psychopathy scale scores similar to psychopathy scores found among persons with histories of drug dependence.
(2) That brought him to the attention of Anderson, who cast him as a gambler in Hard Eight.
(3) Depressed gamblers (n = 14) were compared with normal controls (n = 41) for antecedent life events.
(4) Differences between the gamblers and alcoholics were few, with a trend for the alcoholics to be similar to the gamblers and intermediate between the other two groups.
(5) A total of 1,616 subjects were involved in its development: 867 patients with diagnoses of substance abuse and pathological gambling, 213 members of Gamblers Anonymous, 384 university students, and 152 hospital employees.
(6) Compulsive gamblers showed side effects of an addiction like strong tendencies for denial and rationalization.
(7) (Titles from his current album, Losin' Lately Gambler, include Steer Rider's Blues, This Is My Prairie, and Long Gone To Saskatchewan.)
(8) Matched groups of problem and social gamblers were compared in terms of their locus of control and their responses to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.
(9) Vince Cable today went ahead with his critique on the "murky" world of high finance, railing against the "spivs and gamblers" of the City despite a backlash against pre-briefed elements of the speech.
(10) The prosecution portrayed Adoboli , whose combined salary and bonus rose from £30,000 to £360,000 during eight years with UBS, as a reckless gambler obsessed with his status as a rising star and desperate to boost his bonus.
(11) A study of gamblers' motives leads to the formulation of a new theory of human motivation.
(12) Profile surveys, completed Rotter I-E scales, and questionnaires on past relapse behavior were collected from 108 New Jersey compulsive gamblers who attended Gamblers Anonymous, and an attempt was made, based on the findings, to predict incidence of compulsive gamblers' relapse.
(13) The author observed that the notion that a shareholder owns part of a company 'makes as much sense to a shareholder as it would to the average gambler to imagine that he owns part of Lady Luck, running in the 2.30 tomorrow afternoon'".
(14) Therefore, we examined cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of GABA in pathological gamblers and normal controls.
(15) Updated at 1.35am GMT 1.32am GMT Coin toss Florida State wins the toss (no I did not see if it were heads or tails, gamblers of the world).
(16) The Scale and a descriptive questionnaire on demographics and actual gambling behaviour was administered to 26 problem gamblers and 40 players of different levels of involvement.
(17) Pathological gamblers entering a comprehensive treatment program were thoroughly assessed before treatment and 6 months after completion of treatment.
(18) Once he had assembled his cast in the rehearsal rooms, Lepage mixed in some of his own family folklore, the tale of a grand-uncle who became so indebted to Chinese gamblers that he was forced to barter his pregnant daughter.
(19) After authorities ended a casino monopoly a decade ago, newly wealthy gamblers from mainland China started pouring in to glitzy new resorts built by foreign operators such as Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts.
(20) The substantial differences between problem and pathological gamblers in the general population and those entering treatment programs have serious implications for prevention, outreach, and treatment efforts.
Rambler
Definition:
(n.) One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The inner London branch of the Ramblers has also spoken out against the scheme.
(2) The cost of adding a strip of paving or grass on one side would be small but of great benefit both to residents and visiting ramblers.
(3) In 2005, it produced the Exohiker, a bionic walking aid that allows ramblers to trek with heavier loads.
(4) The so-called "naked rambler", Stephen Gough, will spend at least another three months in prison after a judge ruled that he will stand trial in January accused of walking around in public unclothed.
(5) The number of ramblers who have climbed the mountain has boomed since the apocalypse prediction, from 10,000 in 2010 to 20,000 in 2011.
(6) Shit.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest On the bench in February 1992 as his Limerick team take on Cobh Ramblers.
(7) After far too long spent quizzing 20-something herberts, one of the most fascinating music interviews I ever did was with two elderly Louisianans, Luderin Darbone, 91, and accordionist 93 year-old Edwin Duhon , who formed their Cajun band The Hackberry Ramblers in 1932, and got their first and only Grammy nomination in 1997.
(8) Even in later years, the duke's disputes with ramblers, who used the paths near his home, did not bring him the sort of publicity most stately-home owners would have welcomed.
(9) Planes from America were said to have been fully booked for December with passengers who had only bought one-way tickets, hippy cults were claimed to have built bunkers beneath the village, and half-naked ramblers were said to be seen wandering up the mountain in procession, ringing bells.
(10) As a direct challenge to ownership as exclusivity, there was the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, where thousands of ramblers trespassed on private moorland in the Peak District.
(11) He must also ensure that local walkers and visitors will still have unimpeded access to the dunes under Scotland's strict right to roam legislation - rules Trump was unaware of until he was questioned by the Ramblers Association at the planning inquiry.
(12) A letter signed by the Woodland Trust, the Ramblers Association, Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust, the Chilterns Conservation Board, Buckinghamshire county council and MP Cheryl Gillan will be handed to the prime minister on Thursday, asking him to directly intervene in this matter.
(13) Phil Marson, chair of Inner London Ramblers , warned that the impact of the bridge on internationally famous walking trails would be too much.
(14) The Naked Rambler has been arrested three days after he was released from prison.
(15) Most people might be layering up in order to maintain bodily warmth – but not the Naked Rambler.
(16) One Estonian rambler had taken refuge in Rennes-Le-Bain's thermal springs saying, "I went for one walk around Bugarach and was stopped by two TV crews asked if I'd prepared for the apocalypse."
(17) Hammond said ramblers in the Peak District would not be disturbed by bullet trains tearing through an area of outstanding natural beauty, with the Birmingham-to-Leeds line likely to pass between Derby and Nottingham, and to the east of one of Britain's most stunning national parks.
(18) Planned cuts to the Forestry Commission risk the credibility of the independent panel appointed to advise the government on the future of England's forests , the Ramblers charity warned today.
(19) But today Ramblers said the panel would have one hand tied behind its back if government cuts to the commission went ahead before the independent advisers had a chance to report on the organisation.
(20) A person's right to dress as they choose way can be overridden by secular law in certain circumstances – the Naked Rambler has been frequently jailed, and political uniforms were banned by the Public Order Act (1936) .