Word: billiards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soon dug first-class passage money from his pocket. He also owned up to the name of Gerhart Eisler. For unwittingly aiding in the escape of a key Communist agent, badly wanted in the U.S., Captain Cwiklinski got involved in a nasty, three-cushion carom on the international billiard table...
...Before settling down, the commuter must find a place for his coat on an overburdened clothes rack. In the basement, a student is apt to kick his locker rather than struggle with the old lock that opens the way to a minimum of space. Old ping pong tables, a billiard room with no pool table, and dingy lighting are all less than satisfactory. Even the television set hasn't been used for any length of time in months because Dudley's heavy stone walls block effective reception...
...infant or an elf; I let her choose her books herself, But, since you ask me, I should not Give her a race horse, or a yacht, A billiard table, or a course Of easy lectures on divorce, Though none of these should I describe As dangers to the British tribe. Nor should I draw my child's attention To certain bits I will not mention In Holy Writ, in Shakespeare's plays, And other works of olden days. I should not give her Law Reports (O dear, the things they say in courts...
...affairs and get permission to leave. Once there were 5,000 British in Shanghai; now there, are 186, the men sitting forlornly in their empty offices, reading detective stories because the Chinese will let them do nothing else. The golf courses where Englishmen had played, the clubs where billiard balls had clicked, were silent and desolate. As for reports that things are now a little easier, one businessman snapped: "Oh, yes, the lift boy says 'Good morning' to you again, but they are still taking away the lift...
...library, at the apex of the house triangle, is the largest physically and is quite comfortable. The lighting--long a source of complaint--was improved two weeks ago. Also available are several piano rooms, one of them in the tower, a photo dark room, billiard and ping-pong tables, a record listening room, and a chapel...