"It was designed ... to be exactly what it is, a legal no man's land, " Warner said.

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But the US delegation is in a political no-man's land, not knowing whether George W Bush or Al Gore will be the next president.

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In between the two main fences is 150 feet of "no man's land, " an area that the Border Patrol sweeps with flood lights and trucks, and soon, surveillance cameras.

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But there is still a desolate no-man's land in the centre which has hardly changed since we visited last year, except for a clock tower with even less of a face.

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This time there's hope he'll create a revival on the dreary north end of the Strip, where the Desert Inn is located, a no-man's-land of aging dowagers and low-roller joints.

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