Word: billiards
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...before college. And better that he be a misfit for a few years in college and find himself at last, than that he be a misfit for life. What he judges to be strong points not to be chipped off by the college process of being rounded into a billiard ball may be gaps which college could fill in. Moreover, may not many a man with an outstanding trait foreign to college be given a chance there to make of himself something more than a mere strong point? Or may he not, perhaps painfully to be sure, gain a familiarity...
...passion for well-rounded education is such that we are in danger of manufacturing a nation of billiard balls...
...agony, caught its breath. It shook its head, came up for a final, triumphant round. Among its innovators were: Cyrus McCormick and his reaper; George Pullman and his "palace car"; Pinkerton and his sleuths; Bross and his Tribune; Frances Willard and her "praying women"; Brunswick, Balke and their billiard table; Rand McNally and his maps; Crane and his valves; Kimball and his pianos; Kuppenheimer and his clothes...
...European golf, Golfer Smith generally had to forego his orthodox stance. In St. Cloud, however, the land's conformity did not interfere with his form. Furthermore, there was no wind, and the shimmering heat had baked the clay soil so that the balls seemed to be rolling on billiard tables. The best Smith scores were two consecutive...
President Monroe imported $60,000 worth of "heavy substantial furniture" from France. President John Quincy Adams caused a public uproar by installing a billiard table. The North Portico was finished by President Jackson, whose inaugural party for the Plain People nearly wrecked the interior...